My father used to (and I assume, still does) collect balsa models of planes, and we used to go out to the park to watch other folks fly them. I always loved that idea, but assumed that it was ludicrously expensive.

Well, it’s not CHEAP cheap, but it’s not really all that bad. I recently bought a plane kit and a radio controller, and I’m starting to put it together.

It’s electric, so I don’t have to deal with tiny little gas engines, of which I know little. I at least KNOW how an electric motor works with the alternating current and all that wackiness. So, in any casy, I think the first flight will probably be within a week or two, weather permitting. I can’t wait.