Jim,

Thank You for mentioning Bob. We laid Bob to rest today with full military honors. 

His wife Alice had a picture of him at his funeral with the model he used and the trophy he won at the 48 Nats .  He was 19 years old at the time.

Bob was one of those kind of guys young boys like me aspired to be both as a modeler and as a human being. I was fortunate enough to be with Bob my whole life. For that I know he made me a better person.  I'm really going to miss him.

Robert Keith Arnett,, AMA #161, rest in piece my friend.

Clay

Indeed we have Jim.

Back in the early 70's I was in my early teens flying controline.  Bob helped me a lot with my stunt flying.  Only trouble of it was is that he flew clockwise.  He never  did fly any of my planes!  So the help I got from Bob was verbage.  It was effective nonetheless. 
 
Back then It was common to have a stunt contest right along with a pattern contest as most of the clubs around were multi-interest.  At a contest in Dodge City I remember Bob watching one of my flights.  After the flight was over he told me I had done one of the best reverse wing-overs he had ever seen.  Talk about  making a kid's chest puff out .  I really can't tell you if the wing-over was that good but a statement like that coming from the likes of Bob Arnett  sure boosted my confidence.  I'll never forget it.

Clay