My Flag

Do you own a flag? I mean do you own a U.S. Flag? I have one flying in front of my house. It is my way of saying I am proud of my country. It is also a sign of respect for the country that I feel the need …

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The Falls Church Hobby Center

If you have read any of my other posts, you probably know that I got into model airplanes very early in life, and they helped me focus on my life goal – to be an aeronautical engineer. Well, one very important place in my life was the hobby shop closest to …

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Evelyn and Andy

When I was born – way back before the earth had cooled, my parents lived in an apartment in Roslyn, Virginia (right across Key Bridge from Georgetown University, where I was actually born!) At the time, our next-door neighbors, were Evelyn and Andy Tarapchak, who became my second parents.

Evelyn and Andy

Evelyn and …

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The Gadfly

In a previous post, I talked about my experience as a kid – seeing a model airplane fly an amazing single flight. I have had the plans for that airplane sitting in my office at home waiting for me to get them framed. A few weeks back, I drove down to …

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