In late July 1960, almost 1100 modelers descended on the Dallas Naval Air Station. Bob Sifleet, of course, won Grand National Champion, but what else was going on? The museum’s collection gives some clues! The contest’s program gives a pretty good overview of what all the contestants expected to happen. […]
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New Addition: 1980s Frequency Scanner
Flying Field safety is important, which involves making sure that the radio frequencies in use are clear. To that end, it is good to add this Tandy Corp. Realistic PRO-2004 frequency scanner, used by the Northwest Radio Control Club, AMA #261 (Arlington Heights, IL) to the collection. But, truthfully, the […]
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4x a Grand Champion: 1960 Nats Trophies
In 1960 the Nats were held at the Naval Air Station in Dallas, TX. Robert K. Sifleet had turned 21 a few months before and it was his first time competing in the Open age division. It was also his first time winning the Grand National Champion, as well as […]
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New Addition: Radio Systems
Two radio systems have been recently added to the collection. Walter C. Throne AMA# 408L donated an ACL system, which was designed and manufactured by some engineers from IBM. Another AMA member donated a Heathkit GDA-1205S system in In Memory of Gerald Linebaugh. Neither of these particular systems had been […]
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New Addition: Cassella’s Trophies
In 2015, Tom Cassella donated his grandfather Norman Cassella’s Pulsar RC model to the museum. Flying the Pulsar, Norm won the first IMAC event at the 1977 Nats (among many other wins). Some of the Pulsar’s other wins (and one of Cassella’s Steen Skybolt) – as well as the development […]
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4x a Grand Champion: What it Takes
It is all well and good to say that one has been a Nationals Grand Champion four times, like Bob Sifleet. But, how does one get to be Grand Champion in the first place? According to the Official Model Aircraft Regulations for 1959-1960, as published by the AMA, want-to-be-Grand-Champions had […]
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4x a Grand Champion: Introduction
Meet Bob. Robert K. Sifleet (Bob) has been modeling since 1945 (he was 6) and competing since 1951. He attended his first Nats in 1954, where he placed 6th in Class B Free Flight. Six years later, in 1960, he won Grand National Champion at the Nats– a title he […]
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New Addition: Frequency Markers
Keeping track of what frequency is in use was (and still is) an important part of the safety measures at every RC club field and flying event. To do so, many clubs used a board with attached clothes pins marked with the frequency number. The clothes pin would hold the […]
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Nats 2018 Exhibit Preview: 4x a Grand Champion!
Between 1960 and 1976, Robert K. Sifleet was Grand National Champion (as well as Open National Champion) at the Nationals four times. This summer visit the museum to see all of Bob’s Open National Champion trophies, as well as three of the four Grand National Trophies, and a few others […]
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New Addition: Tartan Twin
Steve Rojecki, flying the Reed Falcon, won the Tournament of Champions in 1984. When Ken Bonnema, (who built the model) donated the model to the museum in memory of Don Chapman in 2011, it was missing its engine. Now, no longer! Thanks to the generosity of Mark Radcliff a Tartan […]
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