Wanted Magazine

[Gordan Delaney]

Does anyone have a Model Builder Mag from the seventies. I`m looking for 1977 November issue.Is anyone willing to part with one.
Its has a picture of my stunter which would be a great 70 stunter.

Thank you
Gordan Delaney

[Randy Powell]

Looks like it has a Van Loo Chipmunk canopy.

Here it is flipped over.

[Gordan Delaney]

Thanks guys, But I would like the Mag. if possible. I have the pic.

Thanks
Gordy

[Balsa Butcher]

Really nice looking stunter Gordon. I hope you are able to duplicate it...and a re-do of the plans sounds like a good project for John.   

[Dan McEntee]

    Just went down and checked out my collection. Man!! This is one heck of an issue! A veritable history of some top stunt figures! Starting at the the front, in John Pond's "Plug Sparks" Old Timers column, there are photos of J.C. Yates' Orwick 64 powered Madman, and a picture of the model with Whitely posing with it and was flown by Bart Kaplinski at the '77 NATS. There is also a photo of Don Hollfelder's OTS winning All American Senior, and Dave Marshall with his Zilch "X". Moving on, the NATS C/L coverage has a nice nose shot of Ted Fancher's Citation, and another of him posing with it.. A photo of Joe Kirn and his Junior high score scale Paul Mantz B-25 camera plane. My friend Glenn Lee and his 3rd place fAI speed model (Glenn used to fly stunt at the SIG contest, so I threw that one in!) A photo of the horrid C/L combat site by Dirty Dan Rutherford ( because he's basically a stunt grunt now ). The Stunt column was written by Bart Kaplinski, and features photos of '77 NATS winner Al Rabe and his Mustang, a group pic of Bob Palmer and J.C. Yates, another nice shot of Ted and his Citation, Wynn Paul and the PAMPA Wagon, Bob Barron and his ST. 46 powered model from that year, Bob Gieseke second place that year (and can you guess what he flew?); Rookie of the Year Norm Whittle and his "Eagle";  a really young David Fitzgerald, Senior winner and his Super Chipmunk; Bob Whitely again and his Derringer; Frank McMillan and his Impulse; and of course Gordan's very nice model that Bart used to warm up the judges with. The C/L racing column has a Ringmaster in it. Larry Renger's 1/2A column has a photo of Dave Fitzgerald again with his 1/2A stunter that looks like it's painted to match his Chipmunk: Bob Whitely's winning 1/2A stunt model with tricycle landing gear and painted like the Derringer; Rich Porter with his "44 Magnum" 1/2A stunter, and introduction to the SIG 1/2A Skyray which should be considered one of the classic trainer models of all time, and to round it up, and photo of Bart Kaplinski and a really nice looking Chipmunk 1/2A stunter that apparently bit the dust  that year. Really is a pretty good line up and I've been re-reading the mag all day! I think it was a tie between Fancher and Whitely for the amount of photos in this issue!
   I've got two of these, Gordan. Would you swap for a set of plans for your little twin .15 powered Pathfinder, signed by you of course? . The magazine is in very good to excellent condition, and I didn't drool on it at all! . If so, send me your address off line and I'll get it on the way to you. The plans can be folded and sent in an envelope and I'll send youmy address when I hear back from you.
   Thanks a lot and type at you later,
    Dan McEntee

[WhittleN]

Guys
The really good looking one is on the opposite page (bottom left hand)

Norm

[Dan McEntee]

Guys
The really good looking one is on the opposite page (bottom left hand)

Norm

Hi Norm;
     I wasn't flying stunt atthat time, but was pretty heavy into R/C soaring. You were a member of our club (Mississippi Valley Soaring Association) at that time if I remember correctly, while you were posted at Scott AFB. In 1986 or '87 I started to fly stunt, and I think you were at the first contest I flew in at Buder Park, but left the area soon after that. I think I was the only one in the area at that time that didn't own and fly that Eagle! It was passed around to several guys and served them well. Don't remember what happened to it or where it is now. Seems like only yesterday!!

[WhittleN]

Hi Dan
I remember you from the Gliders, I flew a Olympic II and a Aquila mostly flew with Ray Telizan at Cahokia Mounts State Park.  If I remember correctly you had a Graupner Cumulus.
I was stationed at Scott AFB twice in '77 to '80 and then again in '86 -'88.  I flew gliders and stunt the first time and mostly pattern the second tour.
I actually had three different Eagles in that era; the orange one pictured in the subject magazine flew at the 77 NATS, the blue '78 Eagle (the best one) and the white Eagle (horrible).  I gave the orange one to Tim Williams, the blue one to Emil Ketrow(SP) and crashed the white one in Bellville.
The Eagle design turned into Sultan in the late 80's as I was stationed in Turkey; first one was build after Desert Storm and my return to McChord AFB in WA.

[Dan McEntee]

Hi Dan
I remember you from the Gliders, I flew a Olympic II and a Aquila mostly flew with Ray Telizan at Cahokia Mounts State Park.  If I remember correctly you had a Graupner Cumulus.
I was stationed at Scott AFB twice in '77 to '80 and then again in '86 -'88.  I flew gliders and stunt the first time and mostly pattern the second tour.
I actually had three different Eagles in that era; the orange one pictured in the subject magazine flew at the 77 NATS, the blue '78 Eagle (the best one) and the white Eagle (horrible).  I gave the orange one to Tim Williams, the blue one to Emil Ketrow(SP) and crashed the white one in Bellville.
The Eagle design turned into Sultan in the late 80's as I was stationed in Turkey; first one was build after Desert Storm and my return to McChord AFB in WA.

  The blue one is the one I'm talking about. Emil Kedro passed it on to Gary Hajek, my friend Mark Hughes had it for a while, and I forget where it ended up after that. Nice looking airplane. Wish I could do as much building and flying today as I did back then! I was flying R/C soaring, free flight and starting stunt at that time. I see Ray Teliczan at swap meets every now and then. Fun times and great friends!
  Type at you later,
   Dan McEntee