Tag: Bob Sifleet

Robert K. Sifleet had the points to win National Grand Champion in 1976, although he didn’t technically do so because that was the year the AMA stopped awarding the title. (Although at first Bob thought he had gotten a trophy and it was still somewhere in his shed. Subsequent investigation […]

“Success again” was what Robert K. Sifleet remembers being his first thought when he found out that he had won Grand National Champion at the 1966 Nats. There was a gap of a few years in between his 1962 win and his 1966 win as Bob finished college and settled […]

Robert K. Sifleet was pretty lucky in 1962. The Nats were held at Glenview Naval Air Station in IL, which was only 15 minutes from where he was going to school. That meant he didn’t need to bother with staying on base and could commute to compete in between his […]

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 […]

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 […]