ORIGINAL: kingaltair
Ed seemingly led a very a very full, and interesting life. He traveled extensively both during and certainly after his R/C career ended. Unfortunately there is no date on the photograph, but I would guess sometime during the early 1990s.
I wish I could at least make pictures as good as Ed's. You should be right with the dating. The camera seems to be a N90 (
www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/n90s.htm), built since 1992.