Flying for Fun - 2004/05

A PROBLEM DEFINED: In part of last
month’s column I discussed some
social/economic factors that lie beneath the
nationwide shortage of flying sites for
model airplanes. My thesis was essentially
that because of the exploding population of
the US, more and more utilization pressure
has been created for the diminishing
quantity of suitable land.

Flying for Fun - 2003/10

HOW ABOUT THAT? Sharp-eyed reader Sam Phillips wrote
to ask if the signature of Rear Admiral J.S. McCain on the Navy
certificate for Brad Harrington’s identification-model work (in
the July 2003 column) might be related to Senator John McCain
of Arizona. Frankly, I had paid no attention to the signatures,
and a fun story line almost got away.

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