CL Flying, when did you start?

[Randy Cuberly]

1953 age 11, Ringmaster...Hey that means I actually don't qualify for Old Time Stunt...

[john e. holliday]

I can't beleive I am older than Randy.  He was one of the youngsters that fascinated me when I joined the Flying Eagles.  My first control line attempt was the Firebaby with Cox Thimble Drome .049.  What did I know about control line when I tried to fly it on about 15 foot of line.  Did not know about the Eagles at that time, in 53.

[Will Moore]

I grew up in a hobby shop environment, in Warwick, R.I.  My Mom and Stepfather started a house paint store in 1950, in
Apponaug, R.I.  It grew into a hobby shop.  My brother owns it today. It' called Apponaug Color and Hobby Shop.
I started flying at about 8 years old, on a Guillow's solid wing trainer.  That would put the year at about 1952 - 1953. 
I started flying the pattern in 1957, 1958 or so.  We had a club called the "Warwick Wings."  , and had about 20 or 30 members.
We flew across the street from the state airport in Warwick,on State land, every Sunday. We had three circles going all the time.  That was
quite an experience.  I was the pit guy who started all the engines at the center circle and when people took off,
they would move to the  circles, left or right, whichever one was available , so the next guy could take off.
My Step-father  taught everyone how to fly. Sometimes we would have 10 or 15 planes waiting on the deck for a flight.
  That was quite a childhood, I have to say.

[Charlie Pate]

  1951  still trying!

[Robert Mathison]

 I started out with a A J FIRE BABBY with a OK CUB.049, the year was 1953.
                Bob Mathison

[Gordon Tarbell]

1965 9yrs.old got a cox pt19 for Xmas. Flew that for awhile on the baseball field of Orlando AFB then heard from a AF firefighter  that did CL that a bunch of people flew a couple miles away at the employee parking lot of Sears . Built a goldberg shoestring powered by McCoy 19 that was well worn. Had a nobler at 12 but then started hanging around some hooligan types that raced cars and MC's at the local dragstrip , learned real quick that gas is for washing parts, alky is for drinkin and Nitro is for Racin! The model airplanes did give me the intrest to get my private pilots license in 1974 the year I graduated from Highschool. I still like burning Nitro at the track but I am trying to bend back more to the CL stuff (its cheaper).

[John Lindberg]

!955, we built a Scientific "Stuntmaster" actually got it to work! 

[Phil Coopy]

1951  Scientific Cub from AHC..OK 049B from Western Auto..Champlain, NY.

Phil