RC Airplanes

As a boy I watched as model airplane enthusiasts would fly their radio-controlled or control-line planes at the ball diamond near my home. Like the youth at the park where I now fly, I wished I could make a model do my bidding. As I've said many times, I would have sold my soul for a chance to ride in a real plane. My chance came after I graduated from high school. It was a commercial flight and was everything I dreamed it would be. As we flew over the Atlantic that morning the sun crested above the clouds and it still lingers in my mind as one of the most amazing and beautiful experiences of my life. It was a very different feeling years later when I was able to accompany my dad as he flew a small plane. Except for the noise it was like floating above the earth. I now fly remote-controlled electric powered models and enjoy it thoroughly. Each of my planes has very different flying characteristics, The Slo-V slowly floats around but is prone to stalling. The Tiger Moth is a little faster and more agile. The 'Divinity', a combat wing, is much faster and I find myself over controlling as it is also much more sensitive to control inputs. Sometimes I become so caught up in the remote flying that I almost feel like I'm part of the plane cruising higher and higher.

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