Written by Jay Smith
Military full-scale and drone pilot
As seen in the November 2016 issue of Model Aviation.
Jay Smith: How did you get involved with model aviation?
Bic Green: My involvement with model aviation started in the mid- to late-1950s with building Comet rubber-powered models with Ambroid (30-minute, fast-drying glue).
I lived two blocks from Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and loved watching the U-Control [Control Line] modelers fly there. That was during segregation in Alabama, so I could only watch, and not fly with them.
Also during those times, my…