Any one fly model planes?

Model Planes Huh! I never did get into model planes, although my father's life revolved around them, for close to 70 years. in the late 50's he set an unofficial world record for flying his plane from Decatur, IL to Savoy, Il (approximately 40 miles). The transmitter was huge, which my grandfather, who worked for Illinois Bell for 46 years, built in his basement. Dad put the transmitter on the tailgate of his buddy's 59 Ford wagon and flew the plane while sitting with it. Dad built hundreds of planes and crashed most of them over the years. He started with free flights, then onto reed control, proportionals, etc. When he passed away a few years ago we counted about 35 planes in different locations, in various stages of build and crashed carnage. Quite a few times he had friends take him up in real aircraft to search for his models that went down in corn or bean fields. Our whole time of growing up was clouded by the smell of Android glue, glow fuel (mixture of methanol, nitromethane and oil) and what was referred to as dope, the coating that he would paint on the silk wings and fuselages of the planes. Surprised that all 4 of us kids did not end up brain damaged! Although I liked planes, I got into real ones and eventually earned my multi and instrument instructor licenses.