A yes!!!!!! The good old days!!!!I live in new england, and enter mostly the new england meets, but i remember the good old days of the "union meet"---and the" east paterson" meet , and all the pro's that inspired me to stick with the hobby no matter what!! RICHIES TRI-O-RAMA field!!!remember it well! i remember when john deatavio was a youg man! i have a picture of--" john D--larry scarinzi--ray dimestro--doug hoffman" standing around going over the rules for a race they were going to have, I was all of about 12 at the time, and very wide eyed, and awed!!!! hey tom niebuhr---you remember that golden place where a kid can watch a great flight, then go into richies and buy a kit, and cant wait to get it home to start to build it!!!!!!! I still see john D from time to time, when he comes up to new england with his planes to enter the N.E.S.T. meets. its always good to see him and watch him "out-eat" anybody there!!!! U-control!!--its not just a hobby----its a state of mind!!
larry j