Al,

As far as flying your existing airplanes, why not if they are in good shape. I too took a layoff about 14 years and came back about 10 months ago. I am flying two of the stored airplanes I had leftover, used an old Stik as my trainer for a few flights. Recovered it, went to the field and flew. Once I got it trimmed there were no problems other than being a little rusty, took the clubs checkride on the fourth flight.

As far as radios I bought a new Spectrum DX7 after adding up the cost of new batteries it was cheaper to go with the new technology where I can fly up to 20 birds on one transmitter. I am however going to fire up a old 72mhz Futaba I have lying around to use in a trainer I'm putting together to give to my son. I'm using my old servos if they tested good, no problems there. Most of the replacement stuff was in flight box equipment, new panel, tach, pump, ignitor, and so forth. I'm also using several of my old engines once I cleaned them up and checked them out, also no issues.

Things have improved greatly in the last 15 years or so. Its been a bit of a re-birthing for me in some ways.

Welcome back!