I remember reading Model Airplane News, or Flying Models with ads for Monokote in them at the time when escapements, galloping ghost and reeds were the R/C systems of the day. As a matter of fact, this was at the time of Kennedy's assination, so I'm pretty sure were talking about the stuff being available in 1963. I bought my first R/C system in the summer of 1968, it was a Kraft Gold Medal Series 4 channel. This was a Digital Proportional radio and although not an old technology at the time, Proportional had been around a few years when I bought this radio. I'm certain Super Monokote was available then. I also remember how thick and ugly the old Monokote was.