Boy do I agree with you guys!  I'm very tired of the "new generation" models.  I was introduced to modeling by my dad in the early '50's.  I miss it so much that I'm moving back to control line after 40 years of R/C.  I just ordered a set of original plans for the plane that my dad had when I was three years old.  It's as far back as I can remember.  It's the "Black Tiger" that won the nats in 1952.  Anyone remember that one?  My dad had two of them and sold them both when I was about 5 years old.  That airplane set me on a course as a professional pilot.  Now that I've retired, I'm on a mission to bring back my youth with VooDoo's, Flight Streaks, Noblers, Chiefs, etc.  Can't wait!!  Sad, but I lost my dad in 1983.  Wish he was here to cheer me on, just like in the '50's.

Paul