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Improvise Adapt and Overcome — RC gives this pilot new wings

I have been very fortunate over a 32-year flying career, starting as a Naval aviator, to fly well over 80 types of aircraft, mostly warbirds. On July 29, 1999, I was involved in a very bad accident that left me paralyzed from the neck down. That certainly ended my wonderful flying adventures, or at least so I thought. I have an extensive collection of original flight manuals for most WW II, Korean and Vietnam-era aircraft...

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