RE: Years of experience in R/C hobby including operating/flying & building
62 calender years but a mental age of 13 and that is on a good day.
Started building tissue covered FF scale models when I was 10, was flying control line by 12, built with the aid of my physics teacher a single channel TX and RX whenI was 16. It even worked from time to time.
So I guess that gives me 52 years but I know that there are lots of guys with more.
Best moments I have had are when someone I have been teaching flys a model he or she built themselves and flying RC combat 7 up.