Great seeing so many modelers at the Skyraiders meeting in Auburn last night. Who could not help but be inspired when you hear and see Speed junkies like DON McKAY,MIKE POTTER still even after all these years....still remain so passionate about the sport.

With that I wish that I had taken more time...to take MORE SLIDES and then record onto those slides..."what name, n' plane go with each slide scan.

So with that in mind...(that's what I miss the most--MY MIND) hopefully when all you old SPEEEEEEEEEEEED DEMONS still  have enough memory cells that we can combine and put the right names, places and planes---BACK TOGETHAAAA AGAIN! (Humpty-Dumpity talk! )

Feel free and jump in with names and faces on these old scanned slides...

scan detail of wing

Top pic is Chris Sackett with Bill Wagner behind in plaid shirt. Next pic is Ed Fisher with his eyes closed. A later pic has Chris again, getting a trophy from Bob Stalick of NFFS & WMC fame. Last pic is Chuck & Charlie Hough Sr. with others I dunno.  These pics should be slid into the "pinned" thread of "Vintage Speed Pictures". I'd like to know what that engine is, and who it belonged to. Looks like a TWA, but I never got close to one, much less got a picture of one. Appears to have a fuel switch, maybe centrifugal. Kewl!  Steve

I don't think the engine is a TWA.  I think they all had the "warts" glued to the outside of the cylinder sleeve.  Looks like somebody else's super tiger conversion to me, might be a "Rattler".

Thank you Schultzie for all the speed photos as well as the ones on the stunt grunts.  Did we really dress like that?  My son seen pictures when I was much younger and is still layghing.  I look at him and make a statement about, "Have the guys started whistleing at you yet with that long hair".  DOC Holliday

On Donaldo's first post , picture four, the guy in the yellow South Bay Piston Poppers shirt is Terry Prather.
Chris...

Thanks Chris...I have more slides of Terry's models somewhere in my box of old stuff? Gads...I wish I had taken better care of all those slides?

Steve..
GADS! AM I ENVUS of your photographic memory...and especially for your amazing gift in remembering names and faces.
Here is another test...I found this old photo in one of my boxes of old plaques and award crappola??

What speed flyer alive can forget our "ROLLIE" Hillsland' (name naturally spulled'wrong) who gave so much knowledge and mentorship to each and everyone of us nerd-de-so-so's. It didn't matter if you were into stunt-scale-carrier-combat-speed-rat race..WHATEVER! Rollie was always there to lend a helping hand and offer support to anything that involved model building and flying.
 Steve and Gang? Who is the guy that over those daze-days in the 60's (dated photo 68) and the other folks standing around??? (I have no idea who the weird nursemaid in white is that appears to be trying to steal away the throphy?