I started glow planes at 15, then I found girls and cars but kept flying a bit with slope gliders..
the last thing I few was a Shuttle ZX Heli untill a crash took out any confidence I had.(almost hit myself)
I fixed the Heli but always felt like it was trying to get me.

I ended up selling the Heli and turned to Muscle Cars and drag racing for the next 10 years.

Then in 04 I got the bug again.. We'd recently moved to Colorado so we'd spend weekends driving around and checking out the parks.
We were driving through Chatfied State park and simply stumbled across the Jefco flying field. Thats about all it took to get me going again. That and my 9y/o step son sounded interested too.

I had my Dad pack up some of the old flying gear and ship it out to me..
A little later I got a great deal on a Eagle II for the Kid..
We finished that in December and had a Club Trainer take it for it's maiden flight on Jan 2nd.

On Thursday I got him a Futaba 7C so I hope he sticks with it

I have a Falcon III kit in the garage waiting for a few free weekends..
It's killin me that I don't have anything to fly yet..
I guess I understand the appeal of ARF's now.. I'll stick to building though.

On the bright side I'll have a hanger full in July.
Dad is driving out and bringing most of my old planes except the Telemaster.. It won't fit in the car
Hmm now that I think about it that 4m V tail glider won't fit either.