Written by Robert Van Devender
Skills that transcend modeling
I have contended, throughout my life, that model airplane building and flying teaches a young person more essential skills than perhaps any other hobby. This would be true if model building and flying were still done as they were in the 1940s and 1950s, and if the modeling hobby extended to RC versions.
In the early days of RC modeling, we built our transmitters and receivers, obtaining permission to operate these homemade units, with an original Class D Citizens Band license. I had the 124th Citizens Band license…