Many, MANY moons ago while growing up in rural Illinois, I saw ads on the back of comic books stating, "Sell seeds, win prizes!" I thought to myself, "That can't be too hard!", so I send off for the seeds. What came was a package containing 50 packages of seeds!

So, I unpacked the seeds, hopped on my bike and set out to sell the seeds to my farming neighbors. It did not take long before all of the packages were sold.

After scanning the prizes for quite a while, I decided to get a Wen Mac control line airplane. So, off went the "seed money" and before long, my airplane arrived. It was complete with the engine, lines, control handle, fuel, battery clip and battery.

Since I had no one to help, I figured out how to start the engine and get the plane going around in circles. After running burning up all of the fuel, and since I did not have money to buy more, I figured out how to pull the airplane around with the lines and still get to fly it.

That first airplane is long gone, but I still have the engine, over 50 years later.

Jake