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Entered into RC while in High School with gas buggies and boats.
Ventured into flight after joining the military as a helicopter mechanic with an interest in RC helicopters back in the 80s. Now Army retired and fly both fixed and rotary wing aircraft regularly with a local club.
Farmer in Oklahoma panhandle, Certified Professional Agronomist, retired.
Started flying a Cox Piper cub, control line in about 1960. Moved to single channel R/C when in high school. Didn't fly again until early 2000s. Fly at Guymon Oklahoma with Guymon Flying Tigers club.
I build them, fly them and sometimes crash them, then rebuild. What I am proudest of is a DyneFlite Supercub, 104", and a Top Flite Antares glider converted to electric.
I joined the Air Force right after high school and served 23 years active duty as a Munitions Specialist (Ammo), retired as a Senior Master Sergeant.
After retiring from the Air Force, I served another 18 years as an Air Force civilian providing munitions technical support for foreign military users.
After retiring I finally found time to take up the RC aircraft hobby I’d loved as a teenager. I consider myself an amateur pilot but I really enjoy learning everything I can about RC aircraft.
I started flying fixed wing in 98. I started helis in 04. I got into helis because no one would fly them at local fly-ins and I wanted to see one fly. About the time blade introduced the blade cp which was my first heli I have been hooked since I purchased one. My current fleet includes over 50 flyable models and like 15 fixed wing aircraft. I am sponsored by KBDD intl. And vice president of the houston county screaming eagles in crockett, tx. I love this hobby.
It was a Saturday in the Summer of 1958. I was 8 years old and lived with my aging grand parents. I was looking for something to get in to when I heard a strange noise coming from the direction of the elementary school. It was a hypnotic high pitched sound that pulsating louder then faded and grew louder again. I was drawn to it; I had to find out what making that sound. When I arrived at the source of the noise I found a blue airplane flying in a large circle.
I started flying U-control with my father when I was eight or nine years old. My dad would build the model and we would go over to the local school yard. He would handle all the engine and launch tasks leaving me to fly. Over the years, as my dad got older and stopped taking me, I picked up rudimentary radio control just after transmitters had become proportional.
I started flying model airplanes in 1955 when I was 11 years old. The first was a plastic P-40 with a .049 cub engine. It flew but not well. The Glen L Martin company was close to my home and they sponsored a club. They were all adults but took me under their wings and taught me how to build balsa planes. I built and flew control line models most of my free time.
After high school I took a break and went to college and met my future wife.
I started flying rc planes in January of 1986. This was a lifelong dream since attending the Reno air races in 1974. It was there I saw the local club flying their planes prior to the start of the races and airshow. When I graduated from college I bought my first plane and learned to fly in Phoenix Arizona. My trainer was Ozzie Virgil who played Baseball for the Altanta Braves. He and his Dad were members of AMPS.
