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Announcements => In Memory of our friends => Topic started by: Jim Kraft on March 22, 2009, 01:30:38 PM
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Rusty had a great sense of humor. I remember one time at a Topeka contest, Rusty was walking Sugar Baby back to the car for something, and Sugar Baby gave out a little Yip!. Rusty turned to Sugar Baby and said, "Sugar Baby, you know we don't drink beer before ten O'Clock."
Another time Rusty and I were talking engines as we usually did, and I told him that I had a pretty good running Madewell 49, but that the crank had broken. Well! A couple of days after the contest was over I got a package in the mail. You guessed it. A brand new crank for a Madewell 49.
Rusty and I were pitting for each other at the Nat's in old time, and we were both the last ones to fly for the day. Rusty put in a really good flight and we went and looked at the scores. Rusty was in 7th. Rusty said with a smile; "If I had known I scored that well I might have tried a little harder."
The first time I saw Rusty fly his Taurus with the Fox 59, I knew I had to have one. Rusty sent me the plans and gave me lots of instructions on how to set up the Fox. When I switched engines to the Anderson Spitfire, Rusty was again the guy to go to for help.
More than all of the help I got from him, was just the chance to hang out with one of the greatest guys in modeling I have ever known.
Rusty truly loved people and modeling; An inspiration to me and many others. Rusty; You will be missed, but we have our memories.
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Yes Rusty was missed very, very much at VSC this year. It early 60's if not the mid 50's when I first met Rusty. He was alway fun to be around. Like when at VSC when I flew my Staggerwing and every one asked me it I forgot to count the laps while inverted. He asked me if I still sang, if so remember the one-a, two-a, three-a we always did to start a song.
My son's high light was the first Denver contest we attended. Rusty came to me an asked if I was flying Formula 40 racing event. I stated no and asked if he needed a pilot. Told him to ask JJ my son. They got first place and JJ was so high thinking he was worthy of flying one of Rusty's planes.
Mikey did have a moment of silence in Rusty's honor Saturday night at the banquet. I think there were some tears shed for a moment thinking of the happier times.
DOC Holliday
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I have Sugar Baby posing at a contest somewhere....Tulsa! Rusty enjoying a nap, his faithful doggy companion guarding the camp, Elwyn Aud, cameraman extraordinaire in the background.
dg
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Yes that is Tulsa. I first met Rusty at a Flying Eagles contest at KCK City Park. That was way back in the 50's. There are so many stories and it is getting hard to see to type. D>K