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Title: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Shultzie on April 23, 2009, 07:49:44 PM
Maybe I had posted these before...but just in case I missed a couple.
So many great looking and flying stunters...from the early 70 daze days.
Thanks Les for sharing these with us.
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Robert McHam on April 23, 2009, 08:50:22 PM
Really gorgeous pictures of really gorgeous models. Thank you for posting them and for making them larger than thumbnail size!

Robert
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Bradley Walker on April 24, 2009, 12:44:35 PM
Man, those guys could really build and finish. :o
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Shultzie on April 24, 2009, 02:13:33 PM
For sure....and some of those old geezers are ever gettin betta'  H^^ LL~ (not as good on other items n~ ::)

Here are a few more from Les's collection of slides
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Randy Powell on April 24, 2009, 02:44:16 PM
Man, that T-38 is gorgeous. Phenomenal work. Whose is that? Not John Pointer, is it?
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Robby Hunt on April 24, 2009, 04:44:04 PM
I'm not sure that didn't belong to many time National Free Flight Champion Dave Rees.
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: PatRobinson on April 24, 2009, 06:13:03 PM
Hi Guys,
I believe the Taurus is Bob McDonald's  and the Stiletto 35 is Remel Cooper's. He was a fellow Floridian of Les McDonald. I remember Les and Remel both sporting "Team Stiletto" t-shirts back about this time frame.

                                                              Pat Robinson
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Matt Colan on April 24, 2009, 06:18:09 PM
Great planes.  Thanks for sharing
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Dick Byron on April 24, 2009, 06:26:18 PM
P 63 Lou Wollard
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Mark Scarborough on April 24, 2009, 09:53:40 PM
Taht T-38 looks like the one that was in a Flying Models article about building and detailing cockpits,, but I cant remember who did the article, and its in the stack,,( or stacks :( of magazines in my "library") Pretty cool stuff
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Shultzie on April 24, 2009, 09:56:14 PM
Quote from: Dick Byron on April 24, 2009, 06:26:18 PM
P 63 Lou Wollard
Yes...Lou Wollard buildt some really beautiful models..and here are more shots from Les. that I just scanned.
One of the  Blue Mustang's  is Bill Ruthleford's and the other one is Al Rabe's.
Thanks Randy and Bob ...for IDin' the rest of them.
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: RandySmith on April 24, 2009, 11:24:44 PM
Quote from: Shultzie on April 24, 2009, 02:13:33 PM
For sure....and some of those old geezers are ever gettin betta'  H^^ LL~ (not as good on other items n~ ::)

Here are a few more from Les's collection of slides


GOOD JOB Shultzie!!  keep em  coming, nice memories

Randy
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Randy Powell on April 25, 2009, 12:17:20 AM
Mark,

The Flying Models plane was John Pointer's plane. I darned near wore out my copy looking at those pictures. Very cool. But they were black and while and I'm not sure this is it. Could be.
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Randy Powell on April 26, 2009, 01:30:10 AM

Thanks, Bob. I didn't think it was John's model, but it sure is pretty.
Title: Re: More photo scans of Les McDonald's 72 nats slides?
Post by: Shultzie on April 26, 2009, 09:39:21 AM
A few more Les CLPA model scans from the early daze...