Mini Tyro

摘要

Despite being David 'Boddo' Boddington's son, I'm not what you would call a prolific aeromodeller these days. I do build the odd free-flight or small R/C model every couple of years, but my glory days of aeromodelling were as a youngster in the 1970s when I built many first test models for dad: a Fokker Eindecker for the BBC production Wings, a Mannock for the Goodies' dodo to fly, and I also provided much (unpaid!) help on many of his projects. Looking back, I'm amazed I had time to go to school! I did squeeze an education in, though, and leaving home for university in 1980 put an end to my regular modelling. Mind you, I never lost touch with model building and flying and would always catch up with dad's latest activities and attend a couple of flying events with him every year.