Shaun Evans

I started during my last year of college. My nephew was, at one time, the youngest sponsored heli pilot in the US (by JR at age 13). He was the youngest holder of an AMA turbine waiver at 14, but he only had a DF of his own at that time. His Yellow A-4 made it to the inset pic on the cover of Model Airplane News!

stunner

i started with planes when i was 6 and also got into rockets when i was six. I got a car when i was 8. I got my first nitro plane when i was 12 and now i am 14.

SU-13

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I started flying when i was 12 now i am 13 and i am already into big 1/4 scale planes.

spadeng

Started building at 32 and flying at 33,Ive wanted to do this for a while , then i was introduced to the wonderful world of SPADs and it fits my budget... my six year old son flys FMS pretty good, for a six year old, after seeing how young some people started i may give him the buddy box...............after I get better

alex k

I started with a rocket when i was maybe 5, and then I started when i was 7 with a 40 size trainer with a .46 engine and i'm now 14. I have my uncle to thank because he's the one who had me over every weekend during the summer to fly planes and he took me to shows, (I will never forget the 50% sukoui at one of the shows)

BananaHands

I started when I was about 10-11, I really don't remember. It was in the 5th grade regardless. My first plane was a Great Planes spirit that a B-52 pilot taught me to fly with...well, actually he had so much fun that I only flew it for about 5 minutes. It was great none-the-less to see something that I had built fly though.

traxxboy

I started when I was ohhh 6 got my first solo in at 8 Though now I am thriteen And still loving it. Unfortunatly my wallet wont expand to cover the cost of the planes I want.

livindead

wow you guys are makin me feel old....started flyin at like 25 or 26...im 31 now

pundi

hey, i started when i was 10 now im 16 and hold my ultralight pilots license. addicted to flyen!

Balsa Shavings

I built my first model when I was 7 or 8 (1970 or 1971) with the help of my dad, a guillows Piper cub. Then after a few years of building rubber free flights, I got into control line combat. Then high school I was to busy playing sports & chaseing girls I sort of left the hobby. In 1990 I got back into the hobby flying & crashing a bunch of airplanes, Don't try to teach yourself to fly R/C!!!!!!!!!!!. It gets expensive. I then hooked up with a great bunch of guys at the Po' Boys Proptwister R/C Club in Monroe NC. With the help of these great guys I finally learned how not to crash so often. I flew for about 5 years with them. Got out of the hobby again to Drag Race motorcycles with my brother. I'm now 43 and back into the hobby again with my sons helping me build some small electric planes to fly in our front yard. 700' X 200' all centipede grass.
I love to scratch build. I Have always been a better builder than flyer. I hope to keep sons who are 7,5 & 3
out of future trouble by introducing them to this excellent hobby.

Keep The Faith: Johnny

jetboy11914

I started rockets at like 8 or so early on. Later, moved on to a .40 Xtra Easy trainer, but didn't have the time or money to drive to the field, so I got a Soarstar and I fly it in my backyard ( We have a hundred acres ). Now, I'm currently building a runway to fly that .40 trainer on back there. Yep, 18 and loving the hobby all the way.

Kaos1964

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Started with a teeney estes mosquito at age 5 with my Dad. R/C started at age 8, waaaayyy back in 1972. I am now 41 and have never been out of the hobby - building/flying Cardens, IMAC, participated in pattern contests, scale...the hobby never leaves you!!

rclaser

i've just started and i'm 14

Warning

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I started flying R/c planes when i was 13 and im now 15 and still going strong . . Love it!

n.carrozza

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i was 12 when i started and now i'm 14 flying 30%ers

i'm on a friends computer

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JROD92

i just started a year ago, when i was 13. i had always wanted to fly rc, but i didn't have the money. i worked my paper route for a few years to buy my first plane, a GWS DHC2 Beaver. it flew nice at first till i'd crashed it a few times. i kept trying to buy repair parts and stuff to make it fly better, but from all the glue it is really heavy and doesn't fly to nicely any more. right now i'm still scroungin up my money to keep the hobby alive

LT-40

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I bought a Sig LT-40 when I was 10 years old, and flew it when I was 11. I'm now 15 and I'm now 100% adicted to this hobby.

viperdude

I was about 5 when my dad got into it.. i only got to fly the thing once at that age, but it was airborne and about 400ft up and only for about 30 seconds.. does that count? if not, then about 11ish.

VictoryRoll-91

I started when I was 14, with a sky screamer, flew it awhile, then got stuck in a tree. Took a break for awhile, but i NEEDED TO FLY, I then blew all the money I had saved caddying to buy a PZ J-3 Cub. Now I'm 15.

CGRetired

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I started in 1977 when stationed in California. Unfortunately, the ship underway and patrol schedule prevented me from spending a lot of time (in fact, very little time was spent) so I dropped the sport. I retired from the US Coast Guard in 1977 and started flying RC about two or three years later. I'm now 59 and flying pattern, electrics, and several sports models, having a lot of fun doing it. I only wish I had more time when I was younger, but my job and the 'needs of the service' prevented that.

DS.

ed123

im 14 now i started flyin rc planes wen i was 11 ish i think started on a slow stick and now flyin a twin jet

CherokeeFlyer

I'm 16 and i started building my dads 15 year old unfinished hobbico cherokee 25 . got into it late september after we went to a locial fly in one weekend. finally got it together, ready to go and flew it sunday. My dads old flyin buddy said i flew it pretty good for a rookie.

Nathan

patrick181

Started when I was 31, 34 now. If you can afford to get into turbines at 21 you are doing far better than I did.

SG16

I'm 13, just started flying.

aircruiser

I flew a kit 4ch bi-plane at 6 and kept flying on an off basis, then got my commander 2, scout then cub.

All of which are down now, but the cub is about to live again.

Commander is waiting for Christmas for parts and the scout is waiting until I find the packaging tape.


Now I'm 15, 16 in a month.