Hi Bob,
I think it is great that you guys in Tulsa are going to offer this event next year.
Good for you guys.
Bob, we intentionally avoided using the word classic to avoid confusion and we went back to the word Nostalgia and then Ed Ruane chimed in with the phrase "Nostalgia 79" and the name was adopted. Bob, if you and your club want to use the name for your event please feel free to do so.
Guys, I was thinking about this and it occured to me that a little numerical perspective on this topic might be interesting, so here goes.
First, In 1945 U-control took off during the post war boom era and the period we now call "Old Time" ended in 1953. The entire "Old Time" era is only 8 years long.
Second, the period from 1953 to 1969 ,that we now call the "Classic" era is only 16 years long.
The combined total time for both "Old Time and "Classic" is only 24 years.
We are now near to 2008 and if we subtract 1970 from 2008, we will find that 38 years of control line stunt history has occured since the end of the classic era. This period is 14 years longer than the entire Old Time and Classic eras combined.
Guys, it somehow seems illogical , that the majority of our actual stunt history in years should somehow be less notable and worthy of attention and preservation than the smaller first 24 years. A 1979 design is still 29 years old , which is a large enough chunk of anyones life to easily qualify that plane, as an object worthy of Nostalgia.
Now, the case could honestly be made ,that old time and classic planes ,each had a distinctive look and design features in their own time, but that case could also be made for for planes of the 70's or even 80's.
We have learned in this thread that the "Old Time" event was created in 1970, which was only 17 years after the end of the "Old Time" era.
I am not sure what year the "nostalgia stunt movement" began, nor do I know the date, when that movement actually led to the creation of "Classic". If anyone has the actual date please chime-in. I could very well be wrong, but it seemed like it was the early 80's which again was about a 20 year gap from the end of the era to the creation of an event to honor that era. (Again, I don't have the actual date so this number is subject to change)
1979 is 29 years ago, almost a decade past the time a nostalgia based event would historically be created, but there is still no widespread event to honor the 70's era, and I am just curious why?
It is interesting that everyone at our club meeting agreed that "it was time" to change our event to include planes from the 1970's. there was no objection but only agreement that "It was Time".
Big Bill, I too am looking forward to seeing "Nostalgia 79" at next year's contests.
Hi Tom, I really hadn't considered that expanding the qualifying date would generate "increased building output" of airplanes that are from an era for which no ARF's currently exist. Interesting Thought!
However, there are "period correct" foam wing designs from that era that do inject some level of pre-fab into the building equation. Interesting viewpoint Tom.
( I choose to stay out of any ARF debate)
Guys thanks for listening and I once again want wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Hollidays.
Pat Robinson
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