Frontier Airlines Convair 580

[jrd1461]

no audio, lame.

[dale1geo]

My dad sent me to your main website. Great to see the next generation keeping the "Old Frontier" alive. Mark Guthrie / My dad also named Bill.

[N47964]

Bill Neff was our Best Man 40 years ago. I'd bet he's immensely proud of his sons!

I am trying to figure out who Mike Neff is?

That said, the Frontier R/C flying is TERRIFIC! Thanks!

[ib422000]

Superb appearance, flying, everything!!

[muldoon55]

air modeling genious but not enough brainpower to realize copyright infringement,

would have loved to hear this!!

[pembroke2]

I hated this aircraft when I flew for Frontier. I remember a flight with 17 full barf bags. As a flight attendant we knew which flights were Convair and which ones were 737's. Flying reserve I would groan when I knew I was going to be on one of these, flying at rooftop level across Nebraska.

[HelplessMammal]

Anyone know where I can get plans to build one?

[StarHomer]

Hey Mike, this is too cool! I loved the 580's. My dad flew DC-3's, CV-240's and CV-600's with Central and then started over again when they merged with Frontier. He loved flying the 580's. He was flying Capt. on the B-737's when he had to retire in '81 for medical reasons. He passed in '82. Capt. H.D. (Hal) Grogg. Tim

[bobbycv64]

To all, the greatest Airline ever. Sorry I am biased, yes my Father was the old Frontier, the gold bow and turquoise arrow, now that was cool. BTW, they have a great newletter for the old airlines and we should all support.

BTW, Frontier has just started service between Denver, CO and Newport News, VA, so if you are ever coming out here, you are family.

Thank you producers of this video, you picked the correct airline and family :-)

[OldFlyingDog]

Thanks for some great memories. I flew the Twin Otter, Convair 580, and the 737-200 at Frontier from 1978 to 1986 when they were shut down. A said day in airline history. Best people I ever met...thanks, Earl Guidry

[j6sj7]

Heh, heh... 4:20 "Fetch, Lobo!"

[melinda1971mari]

Hola soy de España,me gusta mucho este avion,si usted me puede decir si es de un plano o donde lo conpro,para yo conseguir uno,GRACIAS.

[jeffcottagegoose]

Great job on the model, Flew in a full size Frontier Convair 580 What kind of engines does it use? sounds almost like electriic. Is that what RC models are going to these days. JIM

[Eugensdiet]

I like your videos but the music is to loud. Power is glide slope.

[Mrpantymelt]

once again you rule

[dvdjunio]

Neff, you build the fuselage of depron. And as the wings are made? Sorry for the mistakes. I am Brazilian and knows very little English.

Congratulations really like your videos.

[RealEstateLaguna]

My dad flew both this Convair 580, and the Super 80 at Frontier - as well as the 737-200. I showed him all your videos too. Great job.

[neffwaffe]

My dad as well! My dad is Bill Neff. Yours?

MIke Neff

[RealEstateLaguna]

Tom Siems a good friend of Don Laustrup

[RealEstateLaguna]

My Dad went to Super-80 training in Long Beach with Dirty Dave

[tynpaj]

Another great plane and vid !

[NETWizzJbirk]

Your models fly the best, or perhaps you are the most skilled. If you could tell what the electronics are and how you build these models, I would be appreciative.

Thanks

Justin

[pajuja123]

OMG!! this is wonderful!!! I was having flashbacks of flying with your dad at FAL and I was a 'Convair Queen'. If there had been an airlne flying Convairs when FAL went down I would have been there in a heartbeat!

my best to your dad

Pat Williams-Harter (am at USAirways too out of PHL but live in Gilbert, Az)

[Mrpantymelt]

hahaha never heard this version of Hotel California, nice plane

[pelagic6]

I used to fly on these out of Anchorage to Illiamna during the summer to take people on fly fishing trips, what great memories. Sweet flying!!

[traveler08a]

AWESOME

[GSatiFan]

what a lovely plane!

[fmotas]

Great plane. The dog part on 4:22 was kind of scary thow

[GutpileCharlie]

I was amazed at how easy the plane seemed to fly. It was not "scale"...obviously too fast, but it was not squirrley like some r/c ac.

Your landings were usually "grease jobs", and the take offs were so smooth.

Good job.

[wmcneal42]

BEAUTIFUL airplane! well done.

[rodstarr2001]

FANTASTIC !!!

[TalksWithDirt]

Nice Convair. I loved flying in those planes in the 70's and 80's. As a future project perhaps consider doing the dope runner C-47 from the movie "High Risk". Great airplane!

[bearpaw72]

Hotel California, RIGHT ON MAN.

BTW, are the propellers battery-operated, or no?

[jonny2387]

my dad has some time in these planes

[scubawrestler]

I remember the second time I flew was in a Convair 580 "prop-jet" from LAX to SLC. I believe it was a UAL plane. Pretty exciting for a 6 year old way back then.

[JohnBohnam223]

I award you the first RC Commercial Airline pilot license....

[DanielMadrigalC]

great job

nice very nice

[DiecastOasis]

My dad's obsesses with that song...

[Skydive4ever]

Love it :-)

[poptartpencil]

2 questions, 1. where did you get those awsome silver propellers 2. could you make a saab 340b or a dash-8 q400 or even a crj?

[superprofisherman1]

GREAT music and flying..i think its the gypsee kings(I think)..GREAT JOB!

[mdamttc199]

Mike, you make some awesome models. Please consider doing a build log of a future jet. I'd love to attempt one but am not up on all the techniques.

Also, glad the curious dog didn't decide to play with your plane. I would have beat it senseless if that were my plane and sustained damage.

[rcplaneguy1]

lol spanish Hotel California!!! 5*