I started RC back in 1979 with a Goldberg Cessna 172 kit. I flew control line prior to that and have always loved planes. I left the flying part of the hobby after a couple years of flight time. I have built for 30 years and got back into flying RC in 1996. I had to be re-taught by a club insrtuctor using a Avistar 40. By the end of that summer I was flying a Sig Citabria with a OS 40. The following year I started flying a 1/4 scale FW190. Warbirds and large scale have always been my passion. I remember seeing the Bud Nosen kits in the mags when I was much younger and hoped someday that this would be more than a dream. Today at 41, I can say I've been fortunate enough to fly large P38's and many other big warbirds including ME109's, Spits and other large scale aerobatic planes. I would like to say to all the beginners out there, don't stop. It gets to be more fun as time goe's by.