Written by Gordon Buckland
RC Soaring
Column
As seen in the July 2019 issue of Model Aviation.
Dennis Romano is still flying the Graupner Dandy and the Doodler with the original MonoKote covering that he applied in 1975.
What is it about human nature that has us wanting to hold onto our past and not let go? As the average age of RC Soaring pilots becomes greater, many of us who actively fly today often dream of a more youthful time in our Soaring lives.
For me, the golden age of Soaring was the 1970s and…