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**coolice** · 14-12-2010, 10:49 PM

Hey.

I was with my dad at an event held at Woburn many, many years ago! The then very new Hirobo BBC Stork was flying about :-)
At the time I wasn't flying there as I was still learning but fast forward a few years more and I was competing at an F3C event held again in the Woburn grounds. I can't remember who it was but one competitor had a lockout and the model came down hard, it carried on in fast forward flight into the grass bank :-(

Thinking about it I seem to recall some video of my dad flying his 888 at the first event :-) don't know if I have it.

Cor blimey I've been around a long time! ;-)

Looking at the exhaust of the Kalt Baron I'd say it's an early GS (gasser) model. I still have a Kalt promotional video with their top aerobatic model, the Kalt Baron 60EX strutting it's stuff!
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**electricsceadu** · 14-12-2010, 10:55 PM

the row of morley bell 47's has jim's twin engined bell 47
the two red ones i will assume are jim's aswell due to the colour scheme being the same as his morley bell 47 shuttle conversion prototype

the twin engined 47 started life as a single 60 engine, but jim went playing and if i remember correctly they are two 25's in it

**F.arch** · 14-12-2010, 11:19 PM

I think that's Geoff Bell with the Gazelle

**vrhc** · 15-12-2010, 08:48 AM

Gents

Keep it coming as I need more of this for the Vintage Helicopter site...

Regards Joe

**Sesame** · 15-12-2010, 08:58 AM

Ive got a picture somewhere of me hovering a 505 back in the 80's was about all I could do back then, just imagine if I had kept it up rather than finding cars, drink and women.

Ill, scan it when I find it and stick it up.

**AWP** · 15-12-2010, 10:33 AM

Coolice

I know what you mean by "I've been around a long time"!

The highlight of the Woburn event I remember was the auto-rotation final between Dave Nieman (flying a Falcon I think) and either Mr Heim flying his Star Ranger or it might of been the guy from Watford Models (the foriegn sounding name) flying a Heim. The Heim pilot landed about 6 inches from the spot, everybody applauded, pretty impressive back then. Dave dropped in and landed right on the money; the crowd loved it!! I seem to remember those early events were better attended than todays F3C events.

The Baron is a gasser, I have another picture that confirms that.

Thanks for your input.

Andrew

**AWP** · 15-12-2010, 10:38 AM

Electricsceadu

You must be reffering to the Morley with yellow livery? I think I've got a picture of it in flight; I'll try and look tonight.

Andrew

**pchristy** · 15-12-2010, 01:09 PM

"Which Baron is this?" - not sure, but the pilot looks like Mick Harris!

And I'm inclined to agree that its Geoff Bell with the Gazelle. I remember him having one around that time, and the pilot looks too chunky for him to be Dave Nieman! (Sorry, Geoff!).

Dave Nieman used electronic mixing for those James Bond Jet Rangers, using a mixer I developed in the mid 70's (years before computer Txs!). Somewhere (and I can't find it at the moment) I've got a picture of all those models lined up in my sitting room, just before he flew out to Bermuda (?) for the filming.

He turned up at my place a couple of weeks later with all the salvaged electronic bits to see what I could salvage! They'd been blown up and dropped in the ocean!

Happy days!

**F.arch** · 15-12-2010, 04:31 PM

1980 ish

Originally posted by vrhc View Post

Gents

Keep it coming as I need more of this for the Vintage Helicopter site...

Regards Joe

Before I forget about this (makes me feel old!) I have a few old photos floating about, some attached. sorry I don't have time to scan them all. PM me with your address and I'll donate the originals..

John

I think these are all from Paignton, Devon.......

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**Rainman** · 15-12-2010, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by AWP View Post

[ATTACH]19904[/ATTACH] - I think this is Dave Nieman but just a guess
http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/attach...gh-81_04sm.jpg

If Pete's memory is correct and it is Geoff Bell with the Gazelle, then I beleive that this is the machine that I am currecntly restoring and should be flight ready in a few weeks as long as I'm not working over Christmas again!

Keep an eye out in Rotorworld for more details!

Richard

**electricsceadu** · 16-12-2010, 10:19 PM

Originally posted by AWP View Post

Electricsceadu

You must be reffering to the Morley with yellow livery? I think I've got a picture of it in flight; I'll try and look tonight.

Andrew

yes thats the one

**Rctintin** · 16-12-2010, 11:33 PM

What ever happened to Dave Nieman?

I have in my attic a '60' size (thats a 90 in todays money) Black Shark glass cloth fus that he made and sold. I bought it from Martin Briggs about 15-16 years ago when I had a Shuttle also in a Black Shark body kit. I have always wanted to put mechanics in it, and when building my 700, I dropped the main frame in there, and it was a perfect fit. So one day, it will get a 700 electric mechanics in there.

I have some pics of the Shuttle, so will scan them in and post up.

**coolice** · 17-12-2010, 07:40 AM

Originally posted by Rctintin View Post

What ever happened to Dave Nieman?

Hey.

He's still around to some degree, 2 years ago he flew into Charmouth's fly-in in his full size helicopter :-)
Don't know to what capacity he's still involved in RC helis though if at all.
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**pchristy** · 17-12-2010, 09:28 AM

Dave N is very much still around! For several years he was a full-size heli instructor at Denham, though I think he's retired from that now. I think he still does charter flights.

He's also still got quite a stock of obsolete Hirobo spares. I managed to get a new bubble for my Bell 47 off him earlier this year, plus one or two other bits.

I put up some pix earlier this year taken in his back garden, with my Bell 47 alongside his full-size R44!

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