Biographies

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Brent Schulz Biography

Group of people in matching red shirts smiling in a school hallway.

I have been involved with radio-controlled aviation for more than 35 years.

Some of my earliest memories are of a, large to me as a kid, RC airplane hanging from the floor joists in my parents’ basement. I would spend hours studying it, trying to understand how the control surfaces worked together to move the aircraft through the air. Several years later, I had the opportunity to build one of my dad’s RC kits - the Kaos 60. That experience sparked a lifelong passion for building, flying, and sharing RC aviation with others.

Kevin Hippert Biography

Person in a Santa coat flying a small plane in a green field.

I still remember the first time a plane was put in my hands. I was out with my friend at a baseball field. He was flying his umx turbo timber and asked if I wanted to fly. I said no the first time. Yet, he was adamant that I would like it. Little did I know I would love it!

Coming from drone flying, fixed wing was a different perspective to take.

Jim Hobelsberger Biography

My involvement in model aviation started about 43 years ago. So having many ‘rc modeling’ experiences and adventures over that timeframe, I thought that I would simply start at the beginning. So, as Snoopy from the famous Peanuts comic strip was so fond of saying, here goes:

“It was a dark and stormy night.” Well, it wasn’t exactly at night, and it wasn’t stormy and dark either, but it was actually a very tranquil late summer sunny afternoon.

Dave Scott Biography

Smiling man with sunglasses points at a chalkboard outdoors.

I grew up in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, home of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and the world’s largest sport aviation convention and airshow. My father began taking me to the EAA airshow when I was 1 year old.

By the age of 10, I was riding his bike out to the airport twice a day and volunteering during the EAA convention to earn admittance to the daily airshow. It was throughout this period that I vowed to one day become an aerobatic pilot.

Michael Matteson Biography

Man kneeling beside small gray and white model jet on runway.

I have always loved all forms of aircraft and enjoy flying my RC planes a lot. I like the hobby so much I came out with CG Machine (Center of Gravity) that builders and hobbyists could use easily with their weight sensors like Xicoy to get their CG perfectly. It is patented and called the RCCG Machine. I like to help out anyone in the hobby as much as I can and hopefully it will benefit everyone to get the proper CG of their Aircraft before the maiden flights.

Thomas Hastings Biography

Educator shows model airplane to attentive children in classroom.

I am a retired Human Resources Manager. I have been a model airplane enthusiast since the 1970s (AMA 357495) when I bought my first Kraft radio and built a Sig Kommander. In July 2023, I gave a class on aviation and radio-controlled airplanes. The 2-hour class was conducted for 20+ Boys and Girls Club attendees in Trinity, Texas, where I live.

Gary Santaniello Biography

Man kneeling on grass, smiling, holding a large red model jet labeled "Super Viper."

My journey into radio-controlled aviation began long before I ever held a transmitter. As a teenager in the Police Explorers program, a routine stop with the lieutenant in charge became a defining moment. At his father’s home, I saw a large F4U Corsair suspended from the ceiling, while in the backyard his father was teaching himself to fly an RC helicopter. That unexpected encounter planted a seed—one that would quietly grow for years.

Mark Buechin Biography

Man with large yellow model plane on grassy field.

I started flying model airplanes with my father when I was 10 years old.

My first airplane, a Christmas gift, was a Testors P-38 Control Line airplane with twin Wen Mac .049 engines. We never could get both engines running together, so we always flew it on a single engine. From there, I went on to flying various small Control Line models until I bought my first large, .35-powered model, a Carl Goldberg Voodoo airplane.

Jeffery Fiscus Biography

Man kneeling beside a large model aircraft on a road under a clear blue sky.

I grew up in rural Pennsylvania, as I usually tell people, on the outskirts of a village. Apparently, I showed an interest in aircraft at a very early age (probably about 2), and I remember my Dad teaching me to build plastic models when I was too young to hold the Exacto knife.

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