Bill Northrop
1922-2012
The second fl oor of his
home is cluttered with
airplanes collecting dust.
Some hang from the ceiling,
a few are on the workbench
waiting to be fi nished, and
others never made it out of
the box. These are works
unfi nished from a life that
abruptly ended. These are a
small part of the legacy of the
late William “Bill” Northrop.
“Bill himself was a
project that was never quite
fi nished,” said Dave Brown,
a former AMA president
who knew Bill
for roughly
40 years. Like
many modelers,
Bill would start
a project, stop
working on it, and
begin another.
Bill, who was a
champion FF and
RC competitor, a
writer, a magazine
publisher, and the
founder of a model
airplane convention
and a plans service,
passed away May 25,
2012. A celebration
of life ceremony was
held for him on September 12, two days
before what would have been his 90th
birthday.
“I miss him so much. I’m totally lost
without him,” said Bill’s wife of 41 years,
Anita Northrop, who was clearly still
grieving.
“He was just an all-around good
guy,” said Jeff Troy, editor of Park Pilot
magazine. Jeff met Bill
and Anita through their
International Modeler
Show (IMS), which
they founded in 1978
so there would be a
trade show for West
Coast modelers.
IMS was sold to
the AMA in 1998.
AMA moved the
convention from
Pasadena, California,
to Ontario,
California, and changed
the name to AMA Expo.
Jay Mealy, former AMA programs
director, said he participated in
negotiations for AMA to acquire the
show. He said Bill and Anita donated a
portion of the money they received from
AMA for the sale of the show back to
the organization.
Jay, who worked for AMA from 1991
to 2008, said, “They were really great
people.” Jay last saw the couple at the
January 2008 AMA Expo.
Many people also knew the couple
through their magazine, Model Builder,
which Bill and Anita published from
1971 to 1996.
Bill graduated from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New
York, with aeronautical engineering and
architectural degrees. However, there
were few engineering jobs available.
Shortly after marrying Bill, Anita
suggested that he start his own magazine
to earn income.
“He told me all about airplanes and
RC and I said ‘Why don’t we start
a magazine?’ Me and his aunt gotNASA Loan
When NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier
Aircraft (SCA) took off on September
19, 2012, to bring the Space Shuttle
Endeavour to Los Angeles, two model
aircraft from the National Model
Aviation Museum went along for
the ride. The models, 1/40-scale RC
test models of the Boeing 747 and
Orbiter, were built and used by John
Kiker, Owen Morris, and other NASA
engineers in 1975 and 1976 to test
the infl ight launch capabilities of the
confi guration. Kiker donated the models
to the museum in 1980.
The Endeavour was being transported
to Los Angeles to be retired and
exhibited at the California Science
Center. It was the SCA’s last fl ight
before it was also retired. Gary Ash,some money together and started the
magazine,” Anita said in a telephone
interview from the Henderson, Nevada,
home she shared with her husband.
In the beginning, the magazine had
no employees other than Anita and Bill.
The couple sometimes worked roughly
16 hours a day, seven days a week.
“When we started the magazine, we
had no subscription manager so I had to
change my voice” and pretend she was
the subscription manager, Anita said,
laughing.
“Model Builder was a real modeler’s
magazine. It was concise, fun to read,
informative. Bill was a modeler, a good
publisher, and a good guy,” Jeff said.
“I wrote a column in his magazine
for a while,” Dave said. “If there was
an aeromodeling event going on, the
chances were 90% that he would be
there.”
Anita said the couple struggled with
the decision to sell the magazine. “I
wanted Bill to retire and fl y airplanes.
We sat down and we cried together, we
laughed together. He needed time to
play with airplanes. There’s a time when
you need to let go,” she said.
The couple hoped that the new
owner of the magazine would continue
publishing it and retain all of the
employees; however, the new owners
soon went bankrupt.
“People are still talking about how
[Model Builder] was the best magazine
ever,” Anita said. “[Bill] was one of the
best editors ever.”
A big part of Model Builder was the
plans service that Bill created. After the
couple sold the magazine, Anita said she
was adamant about acquiring the plans
as a means of support. The plans were
auctioned as part of the bankruptcy
proceedings, and Bill and Anita were the
highest bidders.
Anita still has the plans and continues
to take orders. Information about
the plans service can be found in the
classifi ed ads section of this issue.
“It was a labor of love,” Dave said of
Bill’s plans service.
Some of those airplanes were
champions. He liked to scratch build
and compete with large airplanes. One
notable achievement was when he set
the FF record of 16,610 feet at the 1965
World Radio Control Record Trials.
Although he achieved many things in
life, including being inducted into the
Model Aviation Hall of Fame in 1988,
Bill is most fondly remembered for his
personality.
“He was so sweet, so nice, so caring,”
Anita said. She shared many stories of
the fun the couple had together and the
funny moments she cherishes.
“He abounded with enthusiasm for
aeromodeling—both with his magazine
and his plans service,” Dave said. “He
supported anything that had to do with
building model airplanes.”
AMA plans to honor Bill with another
celebration of life at the AMA Expo in
January 2013.
To learn more about Bill, read hischief of the Aircraft Maintenance and
Quality Assurance Branch, Aircraft
Operations Division Johnson Space
Center, requested the loan of the
models, noting that carrying them on the
last flight of the SCA would be “both
a tribute to him [John Kiker] as well
as an educational tool to illustrate the
value that models have in demonstrating
innovative concepts.”
Museum staff members agreed
that using artifacts that represent and
document the beginning of the Shuttle
program to help document its ending
adds to the powerful story the artifacts
tell. It’s powerful enough to put the
models’ long-term preservation at risk by
sending them to Kennedy Space Center
in Florida, then across the country and
back. A specially built crate helped
minimize the risk during transit.
This is not the only time the test
models have been displayed with one
of their full-scale counterparts. In the
early 1980s, when the SCA brought the
shuttle prototype Enterprise to Dulles
International Airport, photographs were
taken of the Enterprise with the 1/40-scale
test models. The image appeared in a
May 1986 MA article written by Luther
Hux to commemorate the donation of
Enterprise to the National Air and Space
Museum.
On the final trip, the 747 and space
shuttle test models were installed in
the cabin of the SCA where they were
visible to those who toured the SCA at
each stop along the route. According to
Ash, they were extremely popular and
admired.
At an overnight stop in Houston,
Kiker’s family was able to visit the SCA,
see the models, and share stories of
Kiker’s modeling career.
For more
information
regarding the
history of the
models and their
use to test the
piggyback and
in-flight launch
concepts, visit
http://bit.ly/
OWuVuZ. For
more information
on the loan to
NASA and the last
flight of the SCA,
see this link: http://
bit.ly/VVk328.
We are honored
that NASA
recognized the
importance of
model aviation in research and design in
such a visible way that allowed for the
museum to share in the ending of an era.
—National Model Aviation Museum staff
AMA Employees Try Free Flight
Interacting with members allows
AMA employees to be exposed to the
different disciplines of aeromodeling.
Add to that the fact that many events
are held here at the International
Aermodeling Center, and many have
the chance to see firsthand what the
excitement is
about. However,
employees who
are not modelers
miss out on the
experience of
actually building
and flying
their very own
models.
Shortly after
the July issue
of MA was
released, which
was dedicated to
FF, there seemed to be a growing interest
in the office to learn more about this
early form of flight.
With the FF Nats on the horizon,
Mark Freeland, owner of Retro RC,
agreed to conduct a FF workshop.
Everyone who attended built his or her
own catapult-launched Camp Racer.
Mark brought a couple of his
competition models to give a basic FF
overview and then everyone dove into
building his or her own Camp Racer.
Mark walked the staff members through
every step of the process.
How often does one get the chance
to build a model alongside the designer?
It was obvious that everyone benefitted
from this opportunity and it ensured
the successful completion of a dozen
aircraft.
When construction was complete
and the models were adorned with each
pilot’s Sharpie color scheme of choice,
it was time to go outdoors and learn the
next skill: trimming a FF model.
The Camp Racer is designed with
added weight in the nose that is easily
sanded away using an emery board to get
the perfect balance. So in the next 15
minutes, the excitement built as pilots
dialed in their models and achieved
progressively longer flights.
More than half of the FF workshop
attendees had never constructed or
flown a FF model—except for a paper
airplane. Everyone who attended left
with a greater appreciation of building
Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/12
Page Numbers: 11,12,13
Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/12
Page Numbers: 11,12,13
Bill Northrop
1922-2012
The second fl oor of his
home is cluttered with
airplanes collecting dust.
Some hang from the ceiling,
a few are on the workbench
waiting to be fi nished, and
others never made it out of
the box. These are works
unfi nished from a life that
abruptly ended. These are a
small part of the legacy of the
late William “Bill” Northrop.
“Bill himself was a
project that was never quite
fi nished,” said Dave Brown,
a former AMA president
who knew Bill
for roughly
40 years. Like
many modelers,
Bill would start
a project, stop
working on it, and
begin another.
Bill, who was a
champion FF and
RC competitor, a
writer, a magazine
publisher, and the
founder of a model
airplane convention
and a plans service,
passed away May 25,
2012. A celebration
of life ceremony was
held for him on September 12, two days
before what would have been his 90th
birthday.
“I miss him so much. I’m totally lost
without him,” said Bill’s wife of 41 years,
Anita Northrop, who was clearly still
grieving.
“He was just an all-around good
guy,” said Jeff Troy, editor of Park Pilot
magazine. Jeff met Bill
and Anita through their
International Modeler
Show (IMS), which
they founded in 1978
so there would be a
trade show for West
Coast modelers.
IMS was sold to
the AMA in 1998.
AMA moved the
convention from
Pasadena, California,
to Ontario,
California, and changed
the name to AMA Expo.
Jay Mealy, former AMA programs
director, said he participated in
negotiations for AMA to acquire the
show. He said Bill and Anita donated a
portion of the money they received from
AMA for the sale of the show back to
the organization.
Jay, who worked for AMA from 1991
to 2008, said, “They were really great
people.” Jay last saw the couple at the
January 2008 AMA Expo.
Many people also knew the couple
through their magazine, Model Builder,
which Bill and Anita published from
1971 to 1996.
Bill graduated from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New
York, with aeronautical engineering and
architectural degrees. However, there
were few engineering jobs available.
Shortly after marrying Bill, Anita
suggested that he start his own magazine
to earn income.
“He told me all about airplanes and
RC and I said ‘Why don’t we start
a magazine?’ Me and his aunt gotNASA Loan
When NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier
Aircraft (SCA) took off on September
19, 2012, to bring the Space Shuttle
Endeavour to Los Angeles, two model
aircraft from the National Model
Aviation Museum went along for
the ride. The models, 1/40-scale RC
test models of the Boeing 747 and
Orbiter, were built and used by John
Kiker, Owen Morris, and other NASA
engineers in 1975 and 1976 to test
the infl ight launch capabilities of the
confi guration. Kiker donated the models
to the museum in 1980.
The Endeavour was being transported
to Los Angeles to be retired and
exhibited at the California Science
Center. It was the SCA’s last fl ight
before it was also retired. Gary Ash,some money together and started the
magazine,” Anita said in a telephone
interview from the Henderson, Nevada,
home she shared with her husband.
In the beginning, the magazine had
no employees other than Anita and Bill.
The couple sometimes worked roughly
16 hours a day, seven days a week.
“When we started the magazine, we
had no subscription manager so I had to
change my voice” and pretend she was
the subscription manager, Anita said,
laughing.
“Model Builder was a real modeler’s
magazine. It was concise, fun to read,
informative. Bill was a modeler, a good
publisher, and a good guy,” Jeff said.
“I wrote a column in his magazine
for a while,” Dave said. “If there was
an aeromodeling event going on, the
chances were 90% that he would be
there.”
Anita said the couple struggled with
the decision to sell the magazine. “I
wanted Bill to retire and fl y airplanes.
We sat down and we cried together, we
laughed together. He needed time to
play with airplanes. There’s a time when
you need to let go,” she said.
The couple hoped that the new
owner of the magazine would continue
publishing it and retain all of the
employees; however, the new owners
soon went bankrupt.
“People are still talking about how
[Model Builder] was the best magazine
ever,” Anita said. “[Bill] was one of the
best editors ever.”
A big part of Model Builder was the
plans service that Bill created. After the
couple sold the magazine, Anita said she
was adamant about acquiring the plans
as a means of support. The plans were
auctioned as part of the bankruptcy
proceedings, and Bill and Anita were the
highest bidders.
Anita still has the plans and continues
to take orders. Information about
the plans service can be found in the
classifi ed ads section of this issue.
“It was a labor of love,” Dave said of
Bill’s plans service.
Some of those airplanes were
champions. He liked to scratch build
and compete with large airplanes. One
notable achievement was when he set
the FF record of 16,610 feet at the 1965
World Radio Control Record Trials.
Although he achieved many things in
life, including being inducted into the
Model Aviation Hall of Fame in 1988,
Bill is most fondly remembered for his
personality.
“He was so sweet, so nice, so caring,”
Anita said. She shared many stories of
the fun the couple had together and the
funny moments she cherishes.
“He abounded with enthusiasm for
aeromodeling—both with his magazine
and his plans service,” Dave said. “He
supported anything that had to do with
building model airplanes.”
AMA plans to honor Bill with another
celebration of life at the AMA Expo in
January 2013.
To learn more about Bill, read hischief of the Aircraft Maintenance and
Quality Assurance Branch, Aircraft
Operations Division Johnson Space
Center, requested the loan of the
models, noting that carrying them on the
last flight of the SCA would be “both
a tribute to him [John Kiker] as well
as an educational tool to illustrate the
value that models have in demonstrating
innovative concepts.”
Museum staff members agreed
that using artifacts that represent and
document the beginning of the Shuttle
program to help document its ending
adds to the powerful story the artifacts
tell. It’s powerful enough to put the
models’ long-term preservation at risk by
sending them to Kennedy Space Center
in Florida, then across the country and
back. A specially built crate helped
minimize the risk during transit.
This is not the only time the test
models have been displayed with one
of their full-scale counterparts. In the
early 1980s, when the SCA brought the
shuttle prototype Enterprise to Dulles
International Airport, photographs were
taken of the Enterprise with the 1/40-scale
test models. The image appeared in a
May 1986 MA article written by Luther
Hux to commemorate the donation of
Enterprise to the National Air and Space
Museum.
On the final trip, the 747 and space
shuttle test models were installed in
the cabin of the SCA where they were
visible to those who toured the SCA at
each stop along the route. According to
Ash, they were extremely popular and
admired.
At an overnight stop in Houston,
Kiker’s family was able to visit the SCA,
see the models, and share stories of
Kiker’s modeling career.
For more
information
regarding the
history of the
models and their
use to test the
piggyback and
in-flight launch
concepts, visit
http://bit.ly/
OWuVuZ. For
more information
on the loan to
NASA and the last
flight of the SCA,
see this link: http://
bit.ly/VVk328.
We are honored
that NASA
recognized the
importance of
model aviation in research and design in
such a visible way that allowed for the
museum to share in the ending of an era.
—National Model Aviation Museum staff
AMA Employees Try Free Flight
Interacting with members allows
AMA employees to be exposed to the
different disciplines of aeromodeling.
Add to that the fact that many events
are held here at the International
Aermodeling Center, and many have
the chance to see firsthand what the
excitement is
about. However,
employees who
are not modelers
miss out on the
experience of
actually building
and flying
their very own
models.
Shortly after
the July issue
of MA was
released, which
was dedicated to
FF, there seemed to be a growing interest
in the office to learn more about this
early form of flight.
With the FF Nats on the horizon,
Mark Freeland, owner of Retro RC,
agreed to conduct a FF workshop.
Everyone who attended built his or her
own catapult-launched Camp Racer.
Mark brought a couple of his
competition models to give a basic FF
overview and then everyone dove into
building his or her own Camp Racer.
Mark walked the staff members through
every step of the process.
How often does one get the chance
to build a model alongside the designer?
It was obvious that everyone benefitted
from this opportunity and it ensured
the successful completion of a dozen
aircraft.
When construction was complete
and the models were adorned with each
pilot’s Sharpie color scheme of choice,
it was time to go outdoors and learn the
next skill: trimming a FF model.
The Camp Racer is designed with
added weight in the nose that is easily
sanded away using an emery board to get
the perfect balance. So in the next 15
minutes, the excitement built as pilots
dialed in their models and achieved
progressively longer flights.
More than half of the FF workshop
attendees had never constructed or
flown a FF model—except for a paper
airplane. Everyone who attended left
with a greater appreciation of building
Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/12
Page Numbers: 11,12,13
Bill Northrop
1922-2012
The second fl oor of his
home is cluttered with
airplanes collecting dust.
Some hang from the ceiling,
a few are on the workbench
waiting to be fi nished, and
others never made it out of
the box. These are works
unfi nished from a life that
abruptly ended. These are a
small part of the legacy of the
late William “Bill” Northrop.
“Bill himself was a
project that was never quite
fi nished,” said Dave Brown,
a former AMA president
who knew Bill
for roughly
40 years. Like
many modelers,
Bill would start
a project, stop
working on it, and
begin another.
Bill, who was a
champion FF and
RC competitor, a
writer, a magazine
publisher, and the
founder of a model
airplane convention
and a plans service,
passed away May 25,
2012. A celebration
of life ceremony was
held for him on September 12, two days
before what would have been his 90th
birthday.
“I miss him so much. I’m totally lost
without him,” said Bill’s wife of 41 years,
Anita Northrop, who was clearly still
grieving.
“He was just an all-around good
guy,” said Jeff Troy, editor of Park Pilot
magazine. Jeff met Bill
and Anita through their
International Modeler
Show (IMS), which
they founded in 1978
so there would be a
trade show for West
Coast modelers.
IMS was sold to
the AMA in 1998.
AMA moved the
convention from
Pasadena, California,
to Ontario,
California, and changed
the name to AMA Expo.
Jay Mealy, former AMA programs
director, said he participated in
negotiations for AMA to acquire the
show. He said Bill and Anita donated a
portion of the money they received from
AMA for the sale of the show back to
the organization.
Jay, who worked for AMA from 1991
to 2008, said, “They were really great
people.” Jay last saw the couple at the
January 2008 AMA Expo.
Many people also knew the couple
through their magazine, Model Builder,
which Bill and Anita published from
1971 to 1996.
Bill graduated from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New
York, with aeronautical engineering and
architectural degrees. However, there
were few engineering jobs available.
Shortly after marrying Bill, Anita
suggested that he start his own magazine
to earn income.
“He told me all about airplanes and
RC and I said ‘Why don’t we start
a magazine?’ Me and his aunt gotNASA Loan
When NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier
Aircraft (SCA) took off on September
19, 2012, to bring the Space Shuttle
Endeavour to Los Angeles, two model
aircraft from the National Model
Aviation Museum went along for
the ride. The models, 1/40-scale RC
test models of the Boeing 747 and
Orbiter, were built and used by John
Kiker, Owen Morris, and other NASA
engineers in 1975 and 1976 to test
the infl ight launch capabilities of the
confi guration. Kiker donated the models
to the museum in 1980.
The Endeavour was being transported
to Los Angeles to be retired and
exhibited at the California Science
Center. It was the SCA’s last fl ight
before it was also retired. Gary Ash,some money together and started the
magazine,” Anita said in a telephone
interview from the Henderson, Nevada,
home she shared with her husband.
In the beginning, the magazine had
no employees other than Anita and Bill.
The couple sometimes worked roughly
16 hours a day, seven days a week.
“When we started the magazine, we
had no subscription manager so I had to
change my voice” and pretend she was
the subscription manager, Anita said,
laughing.
“Model Builder was a real modeler’s
magazine. It was concise, fun to read,
informative. Bill was a modeler, a good
publisher, and a good guy,” Jeff said.
“I wrote a column in his magazine
for a while,” Dave said. “If there was
an aeromodeling event going on, the
chances were 90% that he would be
there.”
Anita said the couple struggled with
the decision to sell the magazine. “I
wanted Bill to retire and fl y airplanes.
We sat down and we cried together, we
laughed together. He needed time to
play with airplanes. There’s a time when
you need to let go,” she said.
The couple hoped that the new
owner of the magazine would continue
publishing it and retain all of the
employees; however, the new owners
soon went bankrupt.
“People are still talking about how
[Model Builder] was the best magazine
ever,” Anita said. “[Bill] was one of the
best editors ever.”
A big part of Model Builder was the
plans service that Bill created. After the
couple sold the magazine, Anita said she
was adamant about acquiring the plans
as a means of support. The plans were
auctioned as part of the bankruptcy
proceedings, and Bill and Anita were the
highest bidders.
Anita still has the plans and continues
to take orders. Information about
the plans service can be found in the
classifi ed ads section of this issue.
“It was a labor of love,” Dave said of
Bill’s plans service.
Some of those airplanes were
champions. He liked to scratch build
and compete with large airplanes. One
notable achievement was when he set
the FF record of 16,610 feet at the 1965
World Radio Control Record Trials.
Although he achieved many things in
life, including being inducted into the
Model Aviation Hall of Fame in 1988,
Bill is most fondly remembered for his
personality.
“He was so sweet, so nice, so caring,”
Anita said. She shared many stories of
the fun the couple had together and the
funny moments she cherishes.
“He abounded with enthusiasm for
aeromodeling—both with his magazine
and his plans service,” Dave said. “He
supported anything that had to do with
building model airplanes.”
AMA plans to honor Bill with another
celebration of life at the AMA Expo in
January 2013.
To learn more about Bill, read hischief of the Aircraft Maintenance and
Quality Assurance Branch, Aircraft
Operations Division Johnson Space
Center, requested the loan of the
models, noting that carrying them on the
last flight of the SCA would be “both
a tribute to him [John Kiker] as well
as an educational tool to illustrate the
value that models have in demonstrating
innovative concepts.”
Museum staff members agreed
that using artifacts that represent and
document the beginning of the Shuttle
program to help document its ending
adds to the powerful story the artifacts
tell. It’s powerful enough to put the
models’ long-term preservation at risk by
sending them to Kennedy Space Center
in Florida, then across the country and
back. A specially built crate helped
minimize the risk during transit.
This is not the only time the test
models have been displayed with one
of their full-scale counterparts. In the
early 1980s, when the SCA brought the
shuttle prototype Enterprise to Dulles
International Airport, photographs were
taken of the Enterprise with the 1/40-scale
test models. The image appeared in a
May 1986 MA article written by Luther
Hux to commemorate the donation of
Enterprise to the National Air and Space
Museum.
On the final trip, the 747 and space
shuttle test models were installed in
the cabin of the SCA where they were
visible to those who toured the SCA at
each stop along the route. According to
Ash, they were extremely popular and
admired.
At an overnight stop in Houston,
Kiker’s family was able to visit the SCA,
see the models, and share stories of
Kiker’s modeling career.
For more
information
regarding the
history of the
models and their
use to test the
piggyback and
in-flight launch
concepts, visit
http://bit.ly/
OWuVuZ. For
more information
on the loan to
NASA and the last
flight of the SCA,
see this link: http://
bit.ly/VVk328.
We are honored
that NASA
recognized the
importance of
model aviation in research and design in
such a visible way that allowed for the
museum to share in the ending of an era.
—National Model Aviation Museum staff
AMA Employees Try Free Flight
Interacting with members allows
AMA employees to be exposed to the
different disciplines of aeromodeling.
Add to that the fact that many events
are held here at the International
Aermodeling Center, and many have
the chance to see firsthand what the
excitement is
about. However,
employees who
are not modelers
miss out on the
experience of
actually building
and flying
their very own
models.
Shortly after
the July issue
of MA was
released, which
was dedicated to
FF, there seemed to be a growing interest
in the office to learn more about this
early form of flight.
With the FF Nats on the horizon,
Mark Freeland, owner of Retro RC,
agreed to conduct a FF workshop.
Everyone who attended built his or her
own catapult-launched Camp Racer.
Mark brought a couple of his
competition models to give a basic FF
overview and then everyone dove into
building his or her own Camp Racer.
Mark walked the staff members through
every step of the process.
How often does one get the chance
to build a model alongside the designer?
It was obvious that everyone benefitted
from this opportunity and it ensured
the successful completion of a dozen
aircraft.
When construction was complete
and the models were adorned with each
pilot’s Sharpie color scheme of choice,
it was time to go outdoors and learn the
next skill: trimming a FF model.
The Camp Racer is designed with
added weight in the nose that is easily
sanded away using an emery board to get
the perfect balance. So in the next 15
minutes, the excitement built as pilots
dialed in their models and achieved
progressively longer flights.
More than half of the FF workshop
attendees had never constructed or
flown a FF model—except for a paper
airplane. Everyone who attended left
with a greater appreciation of building
