| An Aero Modeller And Proud Of It!
It was with a mixture of amazement and amusement that I read the article in the December BMFA News that culminated in the plea to stop calling ourselves aero modellers because it “sends out the wrong message”.
Apparently we are now sportsmen (and women); when I launch my slope soarer I’m akin to a javelin thrower, aerobatics need the eye / hand co-ordination of a sword fencer and when we retrieve our models from the “rough stuff”, for what ever reason, we’re cross country runners. What a load of rubbish!!
It’s all to do with being recognised by “the powers that be”; well the “the powers that be” should recognise that hobbies are just as valid as sports and should support them as such, if more youngsters could be encouraged to take up aero modelling, or any hobby for that matter, they wouldn’t be hanging around street corners with “nothing to do” except vandalise the local area. |