Davey, (or Davis, or David) Slagle is best known for winning the 1946, 1947, and 1948 AMA Nationals Stunt event as a Junior flyer. He beat the Senior and Open flyers all three years.His father worked for Lockheed, and was acquainted with Bob Palmer and JC Yates. His father purchased two airplanes from Bob Palmer; a Corsair, and one called the Sky Baby, which was the better flyer. The Skybaby had a few crashes, and was renamed the Bulldozer!
The airplanes that Davey campaigned next were modifications of the SNAFU companies "Ercoupe". They were named after phrases in a 1940's song. They were, (in order) Chickery Chick, Chala- Chala, The symmetrical airfoiled Checkala Roma, (His favorite) and, In a Bannanica (not a good airplane)
Davey didn't do much flying after the 1948 nats. He got interested in girls and cars, and didn't fly much until he joined the Air Force.
He switched to R/C while in the Air Force.
He owned the Eagle's nest Ranch in California, and later moved to the Northeast United States.
The above entries were obtained from Charles Mackey's book "Pioneers of Controline Flying."