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Title: Stunt Hanger Hall of Fame info
Post by: Jim Oliver on January 05, 2007, 07:08:03 PM

Ok guys,

I took the leap and volunteered to be the "moderator" for the HOF.  Everything is fine until I get this list of twelve or so names which Sparky would like to be in the HOF.  Even that's OK, but the problem for me is that I need some help gathering info so that the Bios of all these deserving folks can be written and posted.

So------Help, Please!! 

I have checked the AMA site and the PAMPA site for info--didn't find anything.

This is a partial list of the names:

Bob Palmer
Frank McMillan
Ted Fancher
David Fitzgerald

Thanks for anything you can provide.

Jim

Title: Re: Stunt Hanger Hall of Fame info
Post by: Tom Perry on January 05, 2007, 08:38:23 PM

Jim,

Here is a nice tribute to Bob Palmer from some of our friends "downunder":

http://dkd.net/clstunt/palmer.html

Title: Re: Stunt Hanger Hall of Fame info
Post by: RC Storick on January 05, 2007, 08:53:45 PM

Bob Palmer added. Thanks

Title: Re: Stunt Hanger Hall of Fame info
Post by: Keith Spriggs on January 05, 2007, 10:24:27 PM

Back in about 1960 we lived in Pittsburg, Kansas, a small town of about 20,000 population. One morning my wife called me at work and said "Did you ever hear of a Bob Palmer?" I said "well yes I went to school with a Bob Palmer". She said "no that isn't the one, this guy flies model airplanes" I said well there is a Bob Palmer that is one of the best fliers in the world" She said "Yes that's the one. They just called from the hobby shop and he is in town visiting some relatives and he would like to fly with some of you guys" . Needless to say I was in a state of shock.  I told her to see if she could make arrangements to fly at Joplin, Missouri which was about 30 miles away and they had a paved circle. Most of the regular fliers also lived closer to Joplin. She made the arrangements and called all the guys that she could. That evening we met in Joplin. Wisely none of us brought any planes. Bob was associated with Veco at that time and I can not for the life of me remember what plane he flew, but I do remember it had a Veco engine of course. The engine was bigger than a .35 (possibly a .45) and that was the first time I had ever seen anyone fly stunt with anything bigger than a .35. He flew for about an hour and it was the most unbelievable thing I had ever seen. The circle was built on the side of a slight hill and one side was about a foot or so higher than the low side. I can remember him flying lap after lap inverted about 18 inches high and adjusting to the slope of the circle perfectly. After he flew he visited with all of us for a while. Even to this day it still seems like a dream.

Title: Re: Stunt Hanger Hall of Fame info
Post by: minnesotamodeler on January 06, 2007, 01:40:56 AM

Since no-one else has corrected this, I will;  it's "Ted Fancher" not "Francher". 

--Ray

Title: Re: Stunt Hanger Hall of Fame info
Post by: Jim Oliver on January 06, 2007, 08:14:01 AM

Thanks,

Apologies to Ted, I knew better. Fixed now.

Jim