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Title: Half-Fast at Jacksonville
Post by: EddyR on February 20, 2010, 04:59:09 PM: Thought you might like this very,very,very old picture at Whitehall NAS Jacksonville Fl. The half-fast won second and I got third flying a Nobody against planes that were 20 mph faster than we were. Who is the guy launching? Most of the flyers were from Texas. The reining world champ was at this meet ~^
Ed "yes I really did fly combat" n~
Title: Re: Half-Fast at Jacksonville
Post by: the original Steve Smith on February 20, 2010, 08:55:47 PM: Quote from: Ed Ruane on February 20, 2010, 04:59:09 PM
Thought you might like this very,very,very old picture at Whitehall NAS Jacksonville Fl. The half-fast won second and I got third flying a Nobody against planes that were 20 mph faster than we were. Who is the guy launching? Most of the flyers were from Texas. The reining world champ was at this meet ~^
Ed "yes I really did flew combat" n~

Ed, Looks like Robert Goulet! Did not know he was into model airplanes. LL~
Title: Re: Half-Fast at Jacksonville
Post by: Steve Helmick on February 20, 2010, 09:29:53 PM: I thought it was Daisy Duke... S?P Steve
Title: Re: Half-Fast at Jacksonville
Post by: Shultzie on February 20, 2010, 09:54:53 PM: Quote from: Steve Helmick on February 20, 2010, 09:29:53 PM
I thought it was Daisy Duke... S?P Steve

LL~ I remember how funny (and often AT TIMES it waaaay to much information) when those old AeroModeler magazines photos would show just how little gard many foreign modelers were wearing....uhhh? However thinking back....even sports figures in this country in those early 50's through late 70's would also wear pretty skimpy uniforms? Basketball Tennis player such a Jimmy Conners and Andre' Aggassi were just a few examples of "how high'zzzz the wata??? short shorts.
This photo when ya think about it...Steve seems quite "tame" in comparison. %^
Title: Re: Half-Fast at Jacksonville
Post by: EddyR on February 21, 2010, 06:49:06 AM: I believe it was right around 100 degrees and the humidity 90% that day. Most guys didn't even have on a shirt. It was a fast combat and vintage combat meet. Since there was only two vintage models we flew in the fast combat. I crashed two times but was able to get back in the air very fast because the NoBody was almost indestructible :X. Also it would out turn the fast jobs. There were a couple of Russians ~^ combat flyer's at this meet also who were going to the Embry flight school.
Ed
Title: Re: Half-Fast at Jacksonville
Post by: Dwayne on February 21, 2010, 06:57:44 AM: The only guys I know from Texas are the Stubblefields.
Dwayne
Title: Re: Half-Fast at Jacksonville
Post by: Paul Smith on February 21, 2010, 08:10:13 AM: My guess on the ID of the launcher is Paul Curtis. If that's current photo, he hasn't aged much in 35 years.
Title: Re: Half-Fast at Jacksonville
Post by: EddyR on February 21, 2010, 02:16:41 PM: I think the picture is 1979-82. Speaking of warm weather it was so nice here today east of Charlotte Rebecca and I had the top down on the Mustang.
Ed
Title: Re: Half-Fast at Jacksonville
Post by: dennis lipsett on February 21, 2010, 04:51:30 PM: I have a few pleasent memories of flying theHalf Fast. Green head 35's were real good in them.
Dennis