{"id":3994,"date":"2018-06-29T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T14:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2018-07-10T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T13:15:03","slug":"4x-a-grand-champion-from-the-1960-nats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2018\/06\/29\/4x-a-grand-champion-from-the-1960-nats\/","title":{"rendered":"4x a Grand Champion: From the 1960 Nats"},"content":{"rendered":"

In late July 1960, almost 1100 modelers descended on the Dallas Naval Air Station.<\/p>\n

Bob Sifleet<\/a>, of course, won Grand National Champion, but what else was going on? The museum\u2019s collection gives some clues!<\/p>\n

The contest\u2019s program<\/a> gives a pretty good overview of what all the contestants expected to happen.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
1960 Nats Program, Source: #0001 AMA Collection, National Model Aviation Museum Archives. (click the pic to read the program!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Frank H. Scott<\/a> was one of the contestants.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>
1960 Contestant Name Badge, from the National Model Aviation Museum Permanent Collection, donated by Frank Scott, 2017.79.01<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LeRoy Weber<\/a> was also there as a scale judge. He apparently put some hard work into it, as Model Aviation<\/em> reported, \u201cit was evident that this was the most accurately judged Nats Scale event in many years. Not only were the dozens of tiny details of each model taken into consideration, but the models were also judged on scale finish\u201d (October 1960).<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
LeRoy Weber’s button name badge from the National Model Aviation Museum’s Permanent Collection, donated by LeRoy Weber, 1996.65.07.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Blue Angels had a performance planned, but the FAA grounded them saying the airspace was too crowded in the Dallas\/Ft. Worth metropolitan area. Ah, well, hopefully everyone enjoyed the base swimming pool instead!<\/p>\n

It was also hot. Bob remembers it as \u201cbeastly hot,\u201d but a Texan put it \u201cpowerful warm.\u201d However, you describe it; the temperatures were reaching about 125 degrees on the runways, according the magazine articles. Ouch!<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for #SifleetFriday<\/a> every Friday this summer! And, don’t forget, you can see Bob’s trophies in person at the museum between Memorial Day and Labor Day 2018.<\/p>\n

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\nFor more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees visit: www.modelaircraft.org\/museum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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