My first plane was given to me by my cousin it had a McCoy 29 glo engine in it
I think it was a T-28 Trojan style plane
I loved getting the motor running and it's sound , got me hooked on glo flying airplanes , FOREVER
I was about 15 years old
Never did fly it , as I would ground loop it , and destroy it ,taking off with up elevator ,not a good idea !
The plane I built and flew many of was the Flight Streak , done in silk and dope ( old school )
My favorite engine was the johnson .35 and yes she would start with ONE BUMP START back on the prop
Made many modifications to improve its flying over the years , and got real good at building and combat with two local boys who had the same interest
One of the boys I would beat a combat on a regular basis , went on to win a major local combat meet
He took first place at the Mirror meet, held by the Mirror News Paper in NY,in the late 50's
I am now 68 years old and flying RC for 24 years
It has been a super wonderful , joyful life experience for me ,and I am not done yet
I ran into one of the boys I flew with when I was 15 at my local RC field, a few years ago , his son now owned one of the local hobby shops
The other became a full scale pilot , and lost his life in a small commercial aircraft crash, which I learned upon my encounter with the first friend after so many years
The first had a god given gift to do great kit modification , and could prop an engine to perform better than most
To say that all the above has made my life a more enjoyable experience is a wonderful fact of life
Once I got into the 35 size planes , I did stay with them as they were easier to fly than the smaller ones
Which seams to apply to the way many RC planes fly,bigger is smoother and more money to do
Best regards Tony Lentini

A lot of great memmories flash back with a thread like this -YES !!!!!!