I built balsa models as a teenager. This in part led me to my career in radio and telecommunications. My elder brother became a licenced aircraft maintenance engineer (Air New Zealand). When my children were growing up, we (as a family) spent many useful hours in the outdoors enjoying this hobby. Much of this time
Paul Salter (salt*@*t.co.nz) Read More »
Building and flying model aircraft has been my passion for almost forty years. These regulations put the passion shared by hundreds of thousands of modelers at risk of extinction. I fly very expensive high end models which represent a large investment of time and money that could be lost forever. Requiring a pilot to register
Mark P (mvp6*@*ast.net) Read More »
Building and flying model aircraft has been my passion for almost forty years. These regulations put the passion shared by hundreds of thousands of modelers at risk of extinction. I fly very expensive high end models which represent a large investment of time and money that could be lost forever. Requiring a pilot to register
Mark P (mvp6*@*ast.net) Read More »
Aeronautics and model flying was attracting me since school years, but RC flying was not feasible for many reasons (materials and equipment availability etc). Local modeling clubs were mostly doing free flight and control line models that were not that interesting for me. I went into electronics and programming, and that later had become my
Oleg Krotov (o.l.*@*ail.com) Read More »
Aeronautics and model flying was attracting me since school years, but RC flying was not feasible for many reasons (materials and equipment availability etc). Local modeling clubs were mostly doing free flight and control line models that were not that interesting for me. I went into electronics and programming, and that later had become my
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As a little kid I had a passion for anything that flew. I received a subscription to Model Builder Magazine around age 8. I learned to build every rubber powered airplane in those magazines from scratch. I really wanted to fly RC models but just could not afford that at the time. At age 14
Chris Pierce (pier*@*ail.com) Read More »
Flying to me is a lot like fly fishing, watch a movie, or any other sport where you need 100% focus. For the time my airplane is in the air, 100% of my focus is on that plane. Bills, family stresses, politics and the other million things that can occupy my thoughts are put on
James Baer (phot*@*ail.com) Read More »
I am a senior and I love to build and fly DIY model aircraft recreationally. I build scratch built planes out of foamboard, hot glue, and electronics bought online and normally fly them at the Chehalem Valley middle school field across the street from my house when no one is around. I find it an
Michael Price (mpla*@*ail.com) Read More »
I fly both as an instrument rated private pilot as well as an avid pilot of RC model aircraft. But, most of my time is spent flying RC – both LOS and FPV. It is my way of unwinding after a long day in my day job as a designer for a major commercial aviation
Jeff Williams (flyi*@*hoo.com) Read More »
My family is comprised of private pilots, so I grew up around airports, airplanes, and model planes. I built my first RC plane when in high school, a Sig Riser 2M sailplane, which I still have 25 years later! It took me months to assemble. I had no idea what to do after building it,
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