Marlin Kinning

YOU SHOULD congratulate yourself. You perform a difficult task regularly, and you do it well and safely. It's called flying RC model airplanes. It doesn't seem that hard to you, because you do it every weekend without mishap. But flying RC aircraft, whether it's a tuned-pipe Pattern ship or a high-wing basic trainer, requires more agility, attention, and skill than almost any other kind of hobby. And because you fly only on weekends, you know that you have to be cognizant of yourself as well as all of the many other fliers and visitors. And so, you should congratulate yourself. Even with all the different airplanes, movements, maneuvers, signs, and verbal signals you have to watch and listen for, you are rarely surprised by anything. Although the maneuvers of another may annoy you, you are not caught off guard by them. You aren't surprised, because you are constantly watching around you for the slightest hint of what is to come.