Presidents PERSPECTIVE /F7F\ lifelong passion ITS SMALL world after goes Disney song true statement could hardly made Its amazing travel talk people sport aviation world find out just close group really relatively new friend involved full-scale aerobatics roomed old teammate world championship team guy bought canopy happens work guy airplane destroyed along tornado nine years ago Another coincidence guy just agreed sell another guy works part-time received following E-mail Tony Terrigno shows small aeromodeling world lifelong passion handed down generation next Im writing share fun surprise happened received AMA magazine February year studying cover interested full-color photo Good brothers working over new RC model photo played quite awhile until gaze kept going back young man standing slightly behind Goods model young man Im describing standing left observing scene wearing pith helmet shirt turns out young 18year-old modeler photo father name Tony Terrigno called Dad after showing magazine cover photo him told little story about day day still remembers like yesterday Dad traveled hometown Youngstown Ohio summer 1940 visit uncle Chicago area Being modeler heard contest being held nearby rode bus spend day event remembers excitement Good brothers generated RC design name Larry Terrigno both Dad still active aviation buffs full-scale pilots both fly restored 1950 Mooney Mite 1953 Piper Pacer Dad restored show condition fly out Chino Airport Southern California field well-known its history support aviation kinds Im still active modeler building flying RC Free Flight Control Line 51 years Dad close friends Fernando Ramos Fernando does great job articles Model Aviation love magazine work youre doing AMA Keep up good work would like know might get copy cover photograph another copy February issue could let know Id appreciate very much seems Im always finding aviation modeling friends always seem find another world indeed small place Thats great story cant add much doesnt already say Till next month Brown AMA president dbrown@dbproductscom August 1999 7