Although I am not old enough to rememer the times when push button radios were the thing, reading through this post has brought me some nostalgic memories of my own. When I was a young boy growing up(70's), My grandfather was a serious r/c addict. I remember building my free flight planes along side him as he built his r/c planes. I remember my biggest thrill as a 5 year old boy was taxiing his planes around the runway when he took me out to the flying field. But times change and as I got older (teens) I also thought it was more fun chasing girls and working on cars and lost interest in planes. Now I have come full circle and am a die hard scale enthusiast with a passion for the planes of war. It is just unfortunate my grandfather is not here anymore to share this with me once again. Dont take anything for granted and enjoy what you have right now and the memories of days gone by.
Kind of ironic, but I moved down south about 10 years ago, and got into planes about 4 years ago with a great club in SC. Now I have moved back to NJ and fly at a field with a bunch on my grandfathers old pals.
Thanks for the memories!

Warren