I Am the AMA - Bob Underwood

Written by Jay Smith Bob Underwood: Modeler, educator, administrator, motivator, and lifelong learner Extended interview from the June 2016 issue of Model Aviation Jay Smith: How did you get involved with model aviation? Bob Underwood: The first question and I am stumped! I really haven’t the foggiest idea what prompted my interest. I vaguely remember a white, rubber-powered model that my dad and I took to a contest in Forest Park in St. Louis. It would have been in the 1930s, and possibly it was a Plymouth meet. There was one flight—sort of—that was very short and…