A ’60s thoroughbred revisted
By Michael Schmitt and Allen Brickhaus
As seen in the August 2011 Model Aviation.
BOB GIALDINI’S ECLIPSE was the first Precision Aerobatics (Stunt) model to win the AMA Nats with a muffler installed. The history of Bob and the family tree of the Sting Ray and Rayette was highlighted in the February, March, May, and June 2007 issues of Flying Models magazine.
Allen’s shot of Michael’s Eclipse at the 2010 AMA CL Precision Aerobatics Nats. This photo was published in the AMA’s NatsNews during the contest.
Those CL…