I was working in the middle of Illinois in the '50s where there was no model plane activity so my son Randy and I would often drive to Chicago on week-ends to fly indoor with the Aeronuts in the Madison St. armory. At 1st it ws just gliders but we progressed to EZBs and then other indoor classes.
My 1st serious indoor Nats was at Lakehurst in 1965. I did two 60 sec glider flights which were my all time best. Randy won all his events and set two national jr records. The next year he was the overall jr champ-and then he "retired". He and my other son now spend their free time playing video games.
Jim
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@...> wrote:
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> Jim,
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> Looks like you were a fan of speed. Remind us -- why did you switch to indoor? And what year did you attend your first Indoor Nats?
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> -Kang
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "faifidama" <indoorflyer@> wrote:
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> > I came in 3rd place in sr.B speed. It was the next year (1949) when I won 1st in open jet speed which was the big event at the time.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@> wrote:
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> > > Jim,
> > >
> > > What did you fly there in 1948?
> > >
> > > -Kang
> > >
> > > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "faifidama" <indoorflyer@> wrote:
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> > > > Nice film. Brings back old memories. I was there but I didn't see me in the documentary.
> > > >
> > > > Jim Richmond
> > > >
> > > > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Jake Palmer <82.jake@> wrote:
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> > > > > Cash prizes? I wonder if we could ever talk a large US company into
> > > > > sponsoring an event like USIC.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:58 PM, mark bennett <f1diddler_at_> wrote:
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> > > > > > **
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> > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhEO2v5utOA&feature=channel&list=UL
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> > > > > > The indoor part starts 13:52. First time I've seen the legend Frank
> > > > > > Cummings in action. Hat tip thanks, Nick Aikman.
> > > > > > MB
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