Model Flying and Vision: Testing for Eye Pointing

HOW WE SEE the action at the flying field-that is, how our vision works-greatly influences our success at flying models. Skeptical? Let's consider the case of a fellow modeler who is getting some advice on his new Radio Control Mustang at the Hobby Lobby counter in Burbank, CA. Nothing particularly unusual about that. Wait, there's more. That Mustang isn't being built out of pure desire, but because the guy currently has no other model airplanes to fly. The reason for this vacancy in his hangar: His last two planes have been blown to smithereens in recent midair collisions.