I started flying in 1979 at 24, after having a car accident that left me paralized from the chest down. My father had always been involved with modeling as I was growing up thought after I'd built my 3rd static model car kit (Tamiya F1 cars) that "maybe we ought to build something you can do something with after you've built it." So for Christmas we got Kadets and Futaba radios...

I flew until 1995, when a crash involving a 1/3 sc Spacewalker re-kitted itself on the 2nd flight...I went racing RC cars until last year when my Dad bought me a new 2.4G radio.

Now I'm 54, and enjoying every flight.