But the sign leaves out how a boyhood hobby grew into a man's dream, how a fun family activity became a way of life, how a love for things that fly or roll or go clickety-clack can link one generation to another

Building and flying radio-controlled model airplanes is something Walt Throne has done all his life. There isn't much I don't fly, he says

He did it with his dad and brother. Later he did it on weekends and on the road as a salesman for a garden products company. He did it so much and so well, people starting coming to his basement for propellers and fuel tanks and other things.