Steve, sorry we missed you at the field...but again the weather was cold with fog until past noon.
I don't remember if that shot was taken at The SouthCenter Mall..where Gary took first place with that beautiful little Stuka. He earned it the old fashioned way...with one of the best demo's of what a pattern should look like, starting off with one of the best reverse wing overs we had seen in a long time...but Gary OWNS THE OVERHEAD EIGHTS...AND HOURGLASS.
Gary has always advocated that just like in Golf, baseball, tennis...etc.
"KEEPING YOUR
HEAD STILL AND FEET PLANTED IN ONE PLACE...and then
SIMPLY JUST MOVE YOUR EYES...
NOT YOUR HEAD as you track that model through the OVERHEADS etc?
I can't remember if that JUG was built by Emmett or Joe Dill...however the P-51 was Mark Freeman's first semi-scale...but then after Mark saw how beautiful Al Rabe's Mustang's flew...then Mark got the scale bug bite reeeeallly bad where he then jumped on the virtually full Scale mustang wagon, and showed up at the next contest with a Rabeeeeized-Freemanized; verison of his own.
Carol and I were loading the car to go to Seattle..when Mike and Gary called, so I MANNED'-UP and INFORMED MY CEO-CFO-MISSEEEEMAAASAAAA THAT I WAS GOIN UP TO THE NARROWS FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES!
Being the wussie that I am...I did stay for a little over n' hour instead?
I will post the photo proof...when I pick up the pictures from Targetto this morn.
If I demented memory serves me...daaaa???
That last Stuka photo..is actually from one of my nationals photos...OF THE REAL DON STILL'S MODEL.
After all is "STILL" SAID AND DONE...I believe that a Don Still Stuka is still one of the best flying stunt models (especially for its size) is the best flying CLPA models ever built.
Sadly I can't remember which nats...however?