My father got me into model aviation at a very young age, and I joined the AMA in the mid 1970s. My father loved to build and fly Cox .049 Free Flight planes, launching them in the fields south of our house in suburban Denver. I fell in love with the sounds and smells of those models, and loved the chase of retrieving them.
He and I started flying larger models, finally investing in a Radio Control system in the late 70s. I went on to college and dropped the hobby for a number of years, but picked it up in my 30s, joining a soaring club when I moved out to Pennsylvania. I’ve been flying ever since, adding to my collection of sailplanes, and now electric-powered Park flyers as well. It’s been a great, great hobby for me, and I owe it all to my dad.
