Of the United States Model Airplane flyers lets try to list all that have caught lightning in a bottle and have been dominant during various previous stages.
Here are the ones I think have done so:
Lightning in a bottle finders:
#1 Davey Slagle, 1946,47,48
#2 Lew Andrews, Unknown what years
#3 George M. Aldrich 1954, 1957
#4 Bob Palmer 1955, 1959
#5 Bill Werwage 1958, 1963, 1972, 1980, 2004
#6 Les McDonald 1978, 1980, 1982
#7 Paul Walker 1983 - present
#8 Jim Cassel 1977, 1979, 1981,1985
#9 Ted Fancher 1972, 1978, 1995, 2000
P.S. There are many single time US Nats winners, but the only one who could take up the handle and be a great threat to win again immediately is Bart Kaplinski.
In my defense this was thought up on the spur of the moment, there could be a couple others that have caught lightning in a bottle!
Jim Pollock