Sharing the love of aviation
The photo that Frank Durkee sent to us was taken in a field across from his home in Oregon City, Oregon, where his 3-year-old grandson, Ben, was helping with airplane retrieval duty. Frank wrote:
“I inherited my love for aviation at an early age from my grandfather. I raised four sons, building rockets and flying RC planes. Now here I am, a grandfather myself with six grandchildren, sharing my love for aviation with them.
“Over the years, we have had countless lost rockets, countless planes stuck high in trees, countless crashes … and countless wonderful memories. I know two of my sons have inherited the love of aviation and I’m not sure which, if any, of the grandchildren will catch the aviation bug, but I sure love having them tag along and seeing the excitement they have watching the planes fly and helping to retrieve them.
“I’m looking forward to hooking up the buddy box and having my grandkids stand alongside me, learning to fly the RC planes just like their dads did.”
Do you have a high-quality/high-resolution airplane, helicopter, or multirotor photo that you are proud of, or a model aviation-related photo with a great story behind it? Email your “Viewfinder” photo and a description about it to jennifer@modelaircraft.org, or submit it online at www.ModelAviation.com/viewfinder.
