I remember it well. Flew control line as a teen and into my early 20s. It was hard work in those days with no ARFs. Marriage, kids and career got in the way of going to RC, something I always dreamed about. For my 50th, my wife bought me a full RC Trainer, radio and all the bits. It was a World Models high wing Skyraider. I joined a local flying club and thanks to the help and patience of several club members learned to fly with the Skyraider. Powered by a OS Max .46 AX.

While i expected learning to fly to be harder than control line, it was a lot harder than I thought it would be. It's nearly 4 years since those early days for me and most weekends I get out for half a dozen flights or so as well as a few morning flights with smaller foamies / park flyers at a sporting ground near where I live.

Any time we have new comers to the club's field, I go out of my way to say hello to them and make them feel welcome. The RC community is a great group of people to be around.

My first radio was / is a spektrum DX7 and when I got it I figured 20 saved models was well and truly enough. I was wrong. I'm now out of any spare slots in my receiver for new planes. Mostly I fly 40 sized low wing planes but have a few 60 sized as well as gliders and helis.

Life is good