It looks like I haven't written about our sport as it was in the early '50s. My first Vintage Views column, published in the April 2007 issue, reflected on the year I started in this great hobby, 1952. How about taking a look at what was going on just prior to my getting involved while I was still in high school? The 1950 AMA Nationals were held at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Dallas, Texas. The sponsors were the Exchange Club of Dallas and the U. S. Navy. There was only one class of radio control competition in that year and it was won by Gene Foxworthy flying his rudder only plane with one of the Citizen-Ship 465 me radios.
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