I STARTED FLYING FREE FLIGHT IN 1941 WHEN MY BROTHER WENT INTO THE NAVY AS THE FIRST GROUP OF UNDERWATER DEMOLITION...(FROGMEN) MY FIRST FREE FLIGHT WAS POWERED BY CO-2....IN 1945 MY FATHER BOUGHT ME A TOPPING 1000...ALL ALUMINUM CONTROL LINE WITH A IGNITION "MADEWELL 49" I FLEW HUNDREDS OF CL MODELS INCLUDING SCALE AND COMBAT...INCLUDING THE NATIONALS IN STUNT.
WHEN DICK BRANSTER INVENTED RADIO CONTROL WE WERE FLYING "GOLLOPING GOAST...LOL I WENT IN THE USAF FOR PILOT TRAINING AND BECAME A AIR FORCE "TOP GUN' i was never defeated in any contests or mock dog fights.
I FLEW SOM RC IN THE AIR FORCE WITH THE FIRST FUTABA SYSTEMS. I TAUGHT 10 TO 20 STUDENTS A YEAR UP UNTILL 6 YEARS A GO WHEN I BECAME A CRIPPLE WITH CRUTCHES AND A WHEEL CHAIT....I STARTED BUILDING RC FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND LOVED DOING IT.
I NOW HAVE OVER 225 RC AIRCRAFT AND 200 ENGINES...MOST OF MY STUFF IS NEW AND READY TO FLY.
I HAVE A FIVE BEDROOM HOUSE THAT IS STUFFED...A 26 FT TRAILER AND A GARAGE AND A 16 FOOT TRAILER I TAKE TO THE FIELD. EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE ANT EXCELLENT PRICES.
GOD BLESS ALL MY RC FRIENDS...I LOST SEVERAL TO COVED AND OLD AGE THIS YEAR ALREADY.