by Larry Ludwig » Tue Jul 06, 2004 2:17 pm
Glad to help, I know I speak for literally countless others when I say that we owe a lot to guys like your Dad and John Reynolds and the list goes on and on for helping to make this hobby what it is today. When looking back, I thought it would have grown by leaps and bounds since I became involved with it as a kid, but in the `70's R/C models were pricey and at a time when you had to have more than a paper route or an interested parent to get you over the humps. R/C sailboats were not cheap, and not many of them around.... a terrific value as we all know... not many guys out there that can log flight hours to match a sailboat for durability...but that initial $$$ made it tough for kids my age to even think about a model. Now, with PC Games, Nintendo, etc... it is a wonder that kids are even interested at all. If we want to see the hobby grow and prosper it takes some effort to help it a long and I am sure that everyone here does that already.
Glad to do it,
LL