In the early 80's I traded an (unused) condom that I stole from my stepdads nightstand for a new in the box yellow Cox Sport Trainer II with the Starter kit. Traded it with my buddy Chad, who also was about the same age. He traded the condom to his older brother for a BB gun

My next plane was a Goldberg Lil Satan.

After that I was bit by the RC bug, and picked up a Cox Cessna 182 Skylane with the Sanwa 2Ch Radio. I crashed the Cessna, and was back to UC... I loved those planes, and flew the snot out of them. My mom would get so tired of the noise, that she would let me go to the school to fly just so she did not have to listen to them