I am 57 years old and I fly fixed wing traditional model foam rc airplanes. I am a retired Law Enforcement Officer with 32 years of service to my community. Since I have retired I have taken up the hobby of flying rc airplanes. I enjoy building my own planes from foam board. I also
Jeffery Landry (jlan*@*ter.net) Read More »
Exploration into the RC flying hobby helped supplant my interest in aviation, and guide me to what I want to do with my life. I began flying RC airplanes very early in life, around 12 years old, and by 15 I was already building custom designs out of no more humble-a-material than paper laminated foam
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I am 72 years old. Started flying control line and free flight when I was 10. Flew my first RC plane in 1967. My interest in aviation helped me to serve in US Navy Aviation for 4 years. I design and build most of my aircraft. Also still build a few kits. My hobby (model
Arthur Smith (arth*@*ith.net) Read More »
I have always loved airplanes ever since I can remember. I had the opportunity to help my neighbor build an rv8 kit plane when I was in elementary school. I also began flying rc around the same time together with my dad. I have enjoyed the challenge of designing, building and flying my own rc
Since I was five I was driven to fly, it has been the center of my life. I went to school and got my bachelors and masters in aerospace engineering, as well as my private pilots license. Due to living in a city, the cost, and the time commitment at this time I can’t keep
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The love of flight has been a driving motivation for my entire life. One of my first memories is of watching the Apollo moon landing, a very blurry image on a black and white TV. I was only 3 and what I really probably remember is the feeling of excitement in the room about this
Steve Douglas (st3p*@*ail.com) Read More »
I have been involved with RC since 1984 and it has been a big part of my life. I got involved in FPV 4 years ago and it’s the best part of the hobby as far as I’m concerned. The ability to explore a mountain top, lake, beach or an abandoned location is an awesome
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It’s one of the few worth while ,pure hobbies I have left. Spending time with my children teaching them responsibility, electronics, success and failure. I have been building and flying rc aircraft for 27 years never dreaming something with the same risks of a thrown football would need government regulation. I do understand the urge
Jason Harrison (hada*@*ail.com) Read More »
it seems as if FAA is looking for a problem to a solution. I’d be more comfortable with sharing data etc if the announcing protocols etc were free and open source. But mandating that I have to pay through proprietary services seems very much a money grab for some hand selected companies in the industry
It would effect our youth in wanting to get into the hobby. And for the effect it would have on stem programs. And I think it effects our freedoms as modelers and as artist. Being able to enjoy and express ourselve as pilots. As for myself I had more issue with ultralight pilots. Never any
John Lambert (ljoh*@*ail.com) Read More »
I have always been an aviation enthusiast. When I finally could afford it, much younger and without kids, I splurged and attained my private pilot license in the 1990s. That’s me a day or so after earning my private’s pilot’s license… Soon after, I joined the USAFR as a flight nurse just so I could
Drew Abas (abas*@*ail.com) Read More »
I am passionate about the sport, having been flying model planes since I was 13, almost 60 years now. I am an AMA and Valley Flyers member (http://www.valleyflyers.club/). I fly and volunteer at one of the few designated fields in the Los Angeles Area – 25 miles from my home. Occasionally I fly at one
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