Rob Edmonds Jr, of Fairfax County VA, launches an RC aircraft he designed and built himself. Edmonds Jr designed his first homemade RC aircraft about 25 years ago. He says that, although he has an aeronautical engineering degree: “most of what I know about model airplanes I learned from model airplanes” and encourages anyone to design and build their own. Charm City Fly-In: Remote Control Airplane Festival Sept 28 2025, Southwest Area Park Model Air Flying Field, Baltimore, MD. (credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography LLC)
