HARD FOCUS VS. SOFT FOCUSBy Don Apostolico gems1018@yahoo.com Photos courtesy of the authorAs seen in the April 2025 issue of Model Aviation.Have you ever wondered why some modelers can "thread the needle" and fly their airplane like it’s on rails? These pilots do so because of the way they "see" their aircraft. It’s called visual awareness, which is the pilot’s visual perception of the airplane’s position relative to its surroundings. Pilots who "look but don’t see" lack visual awareness. This narrative is about how to "look and see."There are two ways to see anything. One is with a hard…