Great story John. I had a similar situation attending a Vintage RC event. I drug some CL models there and got permission to fly them off to the side. I ended up letting several RC guys take the handle that flew when they were kids and they had a blast. Long story short, the event has moved to a different location and club now, but they welcome CL planes at the event and provide an area with cut grass for them to fly. I have not attended Joe Noll, but I hear guys talking about the CL flyers there as much as they talk about the RC planes. Any way, sounds like you got to make a new friend with common interests........Gene