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"Old R/C Photos" Updated - As time goes by and we get a little older. Click on Thumbnails for Full Size Image Back in the mid 1970's, the old Gulf Coast Radio Control club made this pamphlet for pass outs at our Mall Shows and other events. Information about Radio Control Model Aviation in general and the RC scene in Mobile, AL at that time. Click on Thumbnails for Full Size Image Just some old mixed variety RC pictures with info on the full size photo.                                 .. .. (left)1953 - Roger Hagler with his first RC plane - Berkeley "Bootstrap" - 14 flights. Rudder only escapement with .14 OK Cub engine. In front of a 48 Plymouth. (right)1969 - Alvin Reed with his Lanier "Caprice" and his 68 Ford Fairlane 500 Fastback. .. .. (above)1980 - Roger Geil and son with Roger's two "Byron Originals" ducted fan jets. These two models flew very well indeed and had many flights under their belts. .. .. (L)1980 - Alvin was advertized to fly this plane through the hole in plywood at airshow! Did he succeed? No....As planned, this gave the crowd a good crash so they would feel that they got their monies worth. (R)1972 - Don't tell anybody.....But here's Henry Col. Waltman with a "ARF" (rubber duck) airplane. This was one of the first "ARF" plane kits manufactured. .. .. (L)1986 - A view down pit row at the very nice "LARKS" flying site in Lake Charles, La.. (R)1980 - Alvin hangs on as Joe Waller fires up his beautiful "Antic" for another exciting flight at "Scott Field" (another old GCRC flying site on Deakle Rd.). .. .. (L)1972 - Dewey Brown and his pattern plane "Citron" at "Plum-40" GCRC club field north of Saraland. (R)1972 - Alvin Reed with his pattern plane "Cutlass" at "Plum-40" also. Pattern lasted for about two years with Alvin. .. .. (L)1986 - Alvin hovers his Schluter "Superior" at a heli. meet in Lake Charles, La.. (R)1976 - W.W.II Jap "Zero" model was Alvin's best attempt at Scale. It had a "Webra .60" for power, Retracts, and Flaps. .. .. (L)1978 - Alvin's first ducted fan jet. W.W.II German Heinkel "HE-162" fighter powered by a "ST .45X" with a "AXO-FLO" fan unit. (R)1978 - At a GCRC airshow on the JC's fair ground, we see two of Bruce Lund's beautiful scratch built scale models - "Fly Baby" and "Christian Eagle". .. .. (L)1979 - Art Conner's "Flying Lawnmower" and "Big Lifter" plane ready to perform at a GCRC airshow. The "Big Lifter" carried gliders to altitude and released them. (R)1982 - Dave Youngblood, father of Curtis Youngblood, is hand cranking his own design, scratch built helicopter. This machine was built in the early 70s and is a one of a kind antique. 1978 - Nats - Lake Charles, La.. During a lull in the R/C events and haveing over loaded on watching C/L combat, we decided to check out the free-flight activities. It was always fun to observe the reaction of our northern competitors to the usual heat and humidity of a Lake Charles Nats. [Back to Top] © Alvin Reed 1999 - 2003 .......................................... .................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .