I was in a hobby shop in Illinois, conversing with the owner, president of the local RC club, and an old CL flyer. One of the younger club members came in all excited. He had been to the Nationals and on the way to one of the RC events had gotten lost and ended up watching CL Precision Aerobatics. He was going on and on about how beautiful the airplanes were, how close to the ground they flew, how precise the maneuvers were, how you could get close enough to actually see them, etc. etc. The owner and I managed to keep straight faces.

We started flying on the same field as a group of RC flyers. Most of the younger flyers had never seen CL and were amazed and asked us a lot of questions. A couple of the older guys dragged out old CL airplanes and had some fun and we got several of the younger guys able to fly around level. Also a couple of my buddies now fly both CL and RC. A good time was had by all.

I think your local RC club is probably the best place to troll for new CL flyers. The young folks don't know anything about CL and the older folks probably have some nostalgia.

Jim