In 1961 I was 5 and was privileged enough to get to see Don Still fly in Beaumont Texas. I can remember it to this day as I had never seen a model airplane before. My old uncle took me to see the airplanes and I was fascinated. I went home and tied two boards together and twirled them around and around in the cow pasture making motor noises. My mother thought I was a wee bit touched in the head. My uncle bought me one of the little rubber wind up models that sold for a nickel and I chased it all over the cow pasture. Even the cows thought I was a bit strange. When I was 8 my uncle ( love my old unk) brought me a bright orange Cosmic Wind plastic control line flying model. It was not the Cox version but I think it was powered by a McCoy engine. Flew the wings off of it. When I was 11 I discovered balsa wood. Life has never been the same since. The not too local hobby shop was ran by Don Still (still is) and he has been a wellspring of information thru the years. Just about the time I think I have picked his brains clean of information he teases me with another tidbit of information. The first stunt plane I built at age 12/13was a rather crude copy of the Don Still Stuka Stunt. Still have it. Love that airplane. There have been others but I keep going back to the Stuka and the Barnstormer mark 2. Both equally good.. I am going to try to attach a photo of an original Still built Stuka Stunt with a Still Victory in the background.