No, he is the previous president of the AMA, Hall of Fame inductee, many time competitor in the TOC, and a long time columnist for RCM magazine until its demise. He was close friends with Bill Bennett, who founded the TOC as it migrated to Giant Scale, which led directly to IMAC as it is known today. He worked closely with Bob Godfrey on his giant scale designs, testing the prototypes in many cases, which many, many TOC competitors flew and won with. He's still extremely active in RC, flying any decent day.

He worked closely with Pat Hartness who owns Triple Tree site of the Joe Nall, the Youth Masters, and the Don Lowe Masters. He worked closely with Pat and the rest of the Confederate Air Farce as the Masters was conceived many years ago, and was honored by having it renamed after him a few years ago, as it grew into a major international event, drawing the best pilots in the world.

Jon