A MOMENT OF SILENCE
Jay Smith, Executive Editor | jays@modelaircraft.org
OUR HOBBY IS OFTEN enjoyed by families and passed down from generation to generation. In my case, I learned from my father. I later taught my son how to fly. In the October 2013 issue of Model Aviation, we featured a story titled, “The Ties That Bind,” written by Paul Kohlmann.
Paul shared that his son, Drew, who was 10 at the time, had expressed interest in designing and building an airplane with his father. Drew chose a B-25 because a friend of his family owned the full-scale aircraft. Throughout the article, Paul took us on a journey of sharing with his son the craftsmanship skills that he learned from his father and the success of the project when the airplane took to the air. You can read this article online at www.ModelAviation.com/the-ties-that-bind.
I received the sad news that Drew died on April 21, 2021, in a motorcycle accident at age 20. The loss left me without words. Although I never met Drew, Paul and I had discussed the previously mentioned article at length, and he talked about his son the way all proud parents often do.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Kohlmann family. I’m sure many readers are familiar with Paul and the several construction and how-to articles that he has written for the magazine. If you would like to reach out to him, his email is ptkohlmann@aol.com.
