1993 NATS Scrapbook
Photo credit
John Oldenkamp
Highlights
- Ron Gagnier's Christen Eagle goes to Lawrenceville R/C for judging.
- Mike Still's Fike Model E finished second in Open Peanut Scale.
- Joe Dryla's F8F-2 Bearcat prepares for a carrier landing with hook down.
- San Diego's Robert Fogg serves as pit crew for his son, Bobby.
- Being fearless is nice... but can he fly, too?
- Daniel Clawson (Angola, IN) starts a Class I helicopter.
- John Gerhardt (left) and AMA President Don Lowe (right) discuss Pattern.
- Charlie Bauer (Morrisville, PA) fuels a 1/4-scale Lockheed 12; the foreground models are also his.
- So, you came all the way to Lawrenceville to fly some models, eh?
- SOAR club member Glen Poole displays launch form in SAM Old-Timers Electric.
- Leo Sypchalla gets preflight help from Charles Reeves as admirers check out Leo's big Corsair.
- Cockpit detail of Leo Sypchalla's F4U RC Sport Scale.
- J-3 Cub by Maryland's Bill Seyster was a crowd favorite.
- AMA Executive VP Dave Brown mans the mike at RC Scale.
- C/L Combat spectators occupy a choice shaded area; steamy weather made things difficult for both models and flyers.
- A well-traveled, well-stocked hobby shop/airplane hangar was spotted in the Pattern parking lot.
- Larry Paikos (Bloomfield, NJ) with OT Electric Playboy Senior.
- Kotaro Miyauchi (Chiba, Japan) with his Gimmick C/L Stunt model.
- (L–R) Fred Zandewald, Lloyd MacKean, and Allen MacKean inspect the front end of a Russian Cyclone 2.5-powered team racer.
- David Owens and Mack Henry (Nashville, TN) prepare a C/L Combat model for its next match.
- A group of Pattern competitors takes a break on Finals day.
- Bill Logan's RAF F.E.2A 1/4-scale model on a flyby.
- Robert Butsch (Independence, KS) launches a Beech 17L.
- Pylon models line up for Appearance judging.
- Terry Musick's F-86 rolls out; the model flew smoothly and fast.
- Canadian Bill Logan's beautiful Caproni CL Sport Scale model, powered by three O.S. Max .25s.
- These guys really got around!
- Cockpit detail of Grant Hvistand's 1/4-scale, 103-inch-span Sig Spacewalker.
- This year's helicopter flying was the best ever.
- District III Vice President Bob Brown measures a Formula I entry.
- Twelve-year-old Justin Williams (Olathe, KS) with a 1/8A Profile Proto Streaker.
- Kevin Kane (Chicago, IL) winds while his mother holds his Peck-Polymers P-51.
- A sailplane purist — no engines for him!
- Matt Aramaki's Slow Combat entry gets a big sendoff; quick reflexes are a must!
- See you in Lubbock next year!
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
