My first engine in 1946 was a Canadian made Super Hurricane .24 on spark ignition which cost $24.95 of my hard earned paper boy money . It was installed in a Canadian designed free flight called the Commando, then a Playboy 56, then a U control "Goat" with stick fuselage and free flight wings for use as a trainer to learn U Control, then a "Flicker" which was a U control that used flaps instead of elevators to control attitude. I believe this latter was an attempt to get around Jim Walker's patent on the U Control system, and it did not work very well.

Next came an Ohlsson 60, a Madewell 49, installed in a variety of stunt ships, a Baby Spitfire .045, an Arden .099, which was foolishly traded for a Rocket .46 which never ran for more than 30 seconds because of overheating.

In 1969 I built a Heathkit radio and bought my first R/C engine, an OS 30 R/C, which has been followed by many OS 2 and 4 strokes during the past 34 years

On looking back, this hobby is one that can stay with you a lifetime and still remain challenging. There are few other endeavors to which this statement can be applied.