Part of it may be our aging as a group, looking at the the roster from Top Gun, I only see a very few entered in either Master's or Expert classes (when you're supposed to build your model) that aren't 40(+) years old, the majority of them will tip the scales over 65. I believe there were more over 75 than under 40. Makes me feel young at 45. At the '04 AMA NATS last year, there were a total of 4 seniors(-18) and juniors(-16) flying in all the classes of RC Scale, the only one that built their airplane was Zack Spychalla. The other three were all from this area, all in Fun scale classes, my (youngest of 3) son, Jonathan 12yrs old was the only junior entered. How do we get and keep the youth involved? Finding time to help them fly is tough enough, how do you squeeze building skills into our busy lives too?

DJH