RC Plane Story

Once there was a kid that loved planes and it all started with a tiny one.

One time Alex and his dad were walking down to the barn and Alex said, “Sooo, I saw this tiny RC plane on Amazon and it’s only $15.” “Cool,” said his dad, “but I saw an old guy selling his whole collection of big RC planes for only $X.” “How many planes?” Alex asked. “I don’t remember,” said his dad, “but we can drop by and see if you want them, ok?” The next day Alex was all hyped up and REALLY wanted to see them. His dad already called the guy to see when they should drop by. Then at breakfast he said they would go there in 3 days and see the collection. 3 days! Alex thought, 3 whole days!

Three days later… “Are we going?! Are we??” said Alex. “Calm down,” said his dad. “We’re leaving now.” At the man’s house… “Hello,” said the man. “Hi,” Alex said back. The man talked to Alex’s dad a bit and said that he (Alex) needed to sign up with AMA (a company that provides insurance in case someone crashes) and find a club to fly in. So, after all that, Alex and his dad finally go inside. They go to the man’s basement, and there the planes are. But they are much bigger than expected.

There was an Electric Extra 300, another electric T-28, a glow engine Space Walker 2, a glow engine Katana, and a glow engine Twister. Most of them were about 4 feet long. They talked about them a little bit and then Alex’s dad said, “Okay, Thanks. We need to go now but we will call you back and tell you if we want them after a little bit of thinking.”

That night, Alex and his dad were talking in the car and his dad said, “If you really want to get this how about you pay half and I pay half?” “Okay” said Alex, “And I think I really will be paying half because I really want those things.”

About a week later, they signed up with AMA, found a club, and picked up the planes. “I really like that guy,” said Alex. “He sold us planes, 3 remote controls, 4 boxes of supplies, for only $X. Usually all this stuff, not including the supplies costs 3 times that.” So after all this, Alex got in the club and found a nice trainer and was all happy the rest of his life.

Thanks to one little plane.

Copyright by Alexander