FROM THE COCKPIT

Editor Favorites While reviewing our picks for the special Buyers' Guide feature this month, we were reminded of just how far park flying has come. When Backyard Flyer was first published in 2002, airplane choices were limited, relatively simplistic, and practically all of the models used brushed Speed 400 motors. Small RC helicopters were hard to come by and even harder to learn to fly. Oh, and knowing how to solder the motor to the...