I just had to share this with you guys. My son is now 12 years old. He has been around model airplanes all of his young life and so he really has not had any choice but to somehow get involved with them. We have flown C/L, R/C and FF and we have enjoyed all of them to some extent. He continues to whip me at the local RC fun flys, but I have not thrown in the towell on getting him on the next one. He tried C/L years ago and when the little Brodak Basic Trainer came in on him, it scared him so bad he quickly decided C/L wasn't for him. He always attended the contests I entered, but never wanted to fly. I have never pushed him to fly, figuring he would come to me when he is ready. Well it finally happened, he and his buddy across the street decided they wanted to fly combat. My son has not attempted to fly C/L in 6 years, but he thought he could do it with no problems. The only thing I had to fly was the plane you see in the photo. He was confident he could fly, so I thought what the heck, go do it. I fired up the Thunder Tiger 25 and he ran to the handle and signaled me to let it go. He made an awesome takeoff and flew as if he had been doing it all is life. His landing was a bit bumpy, but nothing was broken. He continued to fly several more times and has continued to fly since that time. He seems to be enjoying it, and we have really had a good time flying in the back yard. What's the moral of the story, expose these young kids to aviation, all aspects of it. They may choose a different discipline than you, but encourage these kids to be involved with aviation, as we have all benefited from it, lets make sure we pass it on.
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