We’re just days away from the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 National Model Airplane Championships, which were held at the Naval Air Station in Los Alamitos, CA. We’re going to share some official U.S. Navy photographs pictures each week, until July 24-30, the anniversary dates of the event in1967, when we’ll share a picture a day.
Learn more about the 1967 Nats in the July 2017 issue of Model Aviation.
A glimpse of Ed Keck with his Radio Control model. (Photo Credit: Official United States Navy Photograph. Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives, #0001 AMA Collection.)“Identical model planes designed and built by Jim Van Loo (right) of Sioux City, Iowa, are ready for flight in the 36th annual National Airplane Meet. Van Loo, with the assistance of his mechanic Mike Stott (left) of Mankato, Minn., will enter one of the two semi-scaled stunter “Chipmunks” in the controlled-line competition.” -Release No. MM60/67 (Photo Credit: Official United States Navy Photograph. Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives, #0001 AMA Collection.)Married flyers, Bonnie and Mike Olson, with their jet speed models. (Photo Credit: Official United States Navy Photograph. Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives, #0001 AMA Collection.)
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My father was with the team from NAS New Orleans, in his last year in the Navy. My younger brother and I spent most of the week on the base with him.
What great memories! What did your father fly?