Bob ANGUS - Inducted 2006 HOF
Born 1928 --- Passed away 4/2026

My father, Bob Angus passed away in April of 2026 at the age of 97 ½, He built and flew model airplanes since he was 14 in 1942. I began going to the field when I was 3 and started building (with him) and flying free flight at the age of 5, all because of my dad. My father was an Eagle Scout as was his brother and my sons which is special to us. Dad showed interest in model airplanes by building the 25-cent stick and paper models. Using money earned on a paper route, he acquired a Phantom P-30, and built a Scientific Coronet, followed by a Buccaneer B Special. In 1945, he became an Eagle Scout, and in 1946 he successfully flew a GE Cabinette with a Super Atom. In the late 1940's and the early 1950's dad was busy with college then a master’s at Penn State and then off to the Air Force for 3 years. In 1959 my father began his career at the University of Arizona as an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics with a PhD from Penn State University. His family expanded to three children, Jean, Walter, and Jay. He retired as a full professor in 1994. Model airplanes became a part of his life again in 1958 with a DEMCO payload model powered by a used Atwood .049. It was RC with a Citizenship radio and escapement. He then designed a rudder only model with which he placed fifth at the NATS in 1964. During the early 60's he competed in the U. S. free flight team trials for A-2 towline gliders. In those years, he competed in the Southwest in Pattern contests, and for the last three years, he has competed in the Gunsmoke Scale Qualifier in Phoenix. He also CD'ed several of the Winter National contests that were held at Marana Air Park during the 1970's. In 1984, Bob began flying with SAM at the Southwest Regionals in Buckeye, AZ. He won the Robert's Cup and placed 1 st in B ignition LER at the 1987 Champs at Seguin, TX. Since then, he has competed in fourteen SAM Champs. Bob Angus has given much back to the modeling community. He was a founding member of the Tucson Radio Control Club in the mid 60's. He served two terms as president of that club and was on the board of directors for several years. He is currently on the board of directors for the Tucson Modelplex Corporation. He has served as the secretary of the Southwest Regionals Corporation. Along with fellow HOF entrant Al Lidberg, Bob has been a major factor in the continuation and expansion of the annual Southwest Regional Contest now held at Eloy each January. Bob Angus was the CD from 1989 to 2019 for the RC Assist side of the Southwest Regionals at Eloy AZ, assisted many times by his Walt, who has taken over the duties of CD. Bob Angus was also the RC Contest Director for the 2005 SAM Champs held in Las Vegas. He is an accomplished organizer of and competitor in SAM contests.

Walt Angus

SAM Secretary Treasurer

Dad and planes in Vegas (open the image in New Tab for full resolution)

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Bob Angus passed away peacefully on 26th April 2026, aged 97 years.

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THE SOCIETY
OF
ANTIQUE MODELERS

2022 Hall of Fame Honorees

Walter Angus
Gordon Burford*
Roland Friestad
David Owen*
Jaroslav Rybák*

Hall of Fame Committee

Ed Hamler, Chairman
Larry Davidson

SAM Hall of Fame Members and Biographies

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 Tandy Clarence Walker

December 5, 1934 - January 23, 2026

MODELING AT ITS BEST

In the summer of 1943 after school was over, I went to my Grandmother Cunningham’s house in Cushing, Oklahoma, for my annual visit, which generally lasted somewhere between two and three weeks, depending on how things went. This summer, I was eight years old and she was aware of how much I was getting into model airplanes. She took me down to Malone’s Book Store and Office Supply there in Cushing that also carried a small line of model airplane kits and supplies. I picked out this “Joe Ott Speedy-Built” rubber powered kit of a neat American WW II fighter plane. This was to be our building project for the summer’s visit.

She helped me with the construction as best she could. The kit had hard wood strips and cardboard bulkheads and wing tips that gave us fits! Since the wing spar did not carry through the fuselage structure, the only way we could keep the wings from sagging was to add the four external braces that you see in the picture. It took us most of my summer’s visit, working on it part of each day, as neither one of us knew exactly what we were doing.

The finished model was absolutely terrible, but you know, my grandmother and I showed it off with great pride, bless her heart. She owned and operated a photographic studio in Cushing and had me pose with the model so she could take this picture. At the end of the summer, I went home on the bus, but could not take the model with me. She kept it a long time and I really never knew what ultimately happened to it. This picture froze the event in time forever and was the beginning of my life long love of model airplanes.

Tandy C. Walker, February 18, 2005

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