When I was about 11, I got a plastic Cox line-control airplane for Christmas. After I'd crash, I'd order parts, wait three weeks, and repeat. My dad got my brother and I Lil' Wizard balsa airplanes. We flew them for a couple of years. Fast forward 35 years, and my sister-in-law got me a coax helicopter for Christmas.
I was hooked again. I started my progression through various types—this was before flybarless—and eventually ended up with a flybarred Goblin 570, which I still fly. Along the way, I tried an airplane and discovered the skills transferred so I started with airplanes as well. Today, I fly a Precision Aerobatics Addiction XL.
I am currently the president of an AMA club where we have a FRIA.
