H.E. Bitner Jr

BACK IN October, 1976, I attended a meeting at the Manned Spacecraft Center Radio Control Club of which I am a member. At this meeting Lars Giertz announced that there would be radio-controlled aircraft speed trials held at Ellington Air Force Base on the 17th of that month. When he said that no official speed record had been set by a helicopter as of that date, I was all attention. Without any further encouragement I made very effort to be at the trials. After all, setting a record is a lot easier than breaking one. At least that's what I thought, until I got there early Sunday morning.