“It lets me fly. It’s my hobby, brings all ages together in my community for teaching each other and having fun. It’s a web of connection drawing in all the corners of my community. It helps me deal with the stress of raising a family. I see the excitement of my two young daughters around technical skills like electronics and soldering and firmware programming. I see innovations, that I helped start as a hobbyist, going into precision agriculture and other industries. I mentor kids get into the hobby when they don’t have any other place to fit in. They build confidence, technical competence, club leadership skills. I am a safe, considerate, skilled pilot — you can’t take the sky from me.”