...and I remember very well standing in my back bedroom window trying to catch a glimpse of a Mercury Aeronca Sedan flying those perfect circuits you describe and which I so, so, so, badly wanted to emulate. Who was flying those wonderful circuits. Yes, you Wonwinglo. If I'm any kind of a pilot today it's because of the example you set for me in those far off forever sunny days! The foundation that everything I've done since was built on. You were my hero then - the best flyer I'd ever seen, and, as today, the smoothest. Okay, I taught myself, but I'd have gotten nowhere without your example and endless good advice. I'd watch your thumbs on that transmitter (Skyleader in those days!), all the little corrective movements, the continuous and subtle movementof aileron, rudder, elevator and throttle, and really believed I would never be able to emulate you! Every little thing you did I would soak up like a sponge. All the other flyers were wizz bang look at me merchants, but you were the one who could
really fly and knew what he was doing.
So Wonwinglo, it is
you who must take a bow - the best pilot I ever saw - and in those days that really was something...
