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Ido Segev touched the lives of many in and out of the aeromodelling community. As we remember him on the one year anniversary of his passing, we were privileged to have Ido's brother Yonatan join us to share with us the Ido Segev story. It's a great story of a young guy that showed talent very early on but took it to the top heights in model flying while also being the most humble guy at the field. Fly Ido!!!!

There are some people that really make an effort to promote our hobby and Tony Wilson is one such person. As secretary of the Bairnsdale and District Model Aero Club he is working hard to promote the hobby and see their great flying facility utilised by as many as possible. Tony joined us to talk about his flying activity, the Bairnsdale club and some of their upcoming events.

We are back for 2021 with an international flavor. Tom Laird joined us from Scotland to talk about his modelling, the flying scene in Scotland and gave a few insightful thoughts on different approaches to training new aeromodellers. Tom is a very proactive modeller with a great mind and thoughts that may just change your point of view about a few things.

What a year 2020 has been. In this final episode for the year we cover some podcast highlights and hand out a few Flat Out RC awards. Thank you to all those that have listened to the podcast during the year. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Freestyle aerobatics is one of the most exciting disciplines in aeromodelling and this week it's our topic of discussion with our guest Tim McDonald. Tim is one of Australia's most committed freestyle aerobatics pilot and all round nice guy. We covered a lot of ground from Tim's start in the hobby, the influence of Ido Segev in his flying to FPV drones. It's an entertaining chat that is not to be missed.

We are back talking scale models with our special guest Phil Crandon. Phil has been an avid modeller for most of his life and has a penchant for scale warbirds. It is an understatement that he has become quite proficient at model building and his dedication to model building just keeps on getting stronger. We discuss some of Phil's models as well as his trip to the Top Gun event in the US.

This week we are talking F3A/pattern flying with one of Australia's best aerobatic pilots. Australian F3A team representative Dennis Travassaros is our special guest. Not only does Dennis talk about what pattern flying is all about but sheds some light on how to fly it better. If you are into aerobatics or trying to improve your flying skils then this is a podcast not to miss.

Some say kids nowadays aren't into flying model planes. Well on this weeks podcast we have 4 young guys from the P&DARCS club down here in Melbourne that will tell us their aeromodelling story. Cameron, Harrison, Balint and Guy not only discuss how they got into flying but give some useful tips on how to encourage more kids into the hobby. They are a great bunch that have definitely fallen in love with model flying.

We are talking RC jets this week on the Flat Out RC podcast with jet guru Levi Wagner. Levi is a prominent name in the New South Wales jet flying community that is involved in organising events and of course flying the retracts of a few jets while at it. For anyone that is interested in getting into RC jets or just want to learn more about flying them then this episode is not to be missed.

We love sharing the history of aeromodelling and there is no one better than John Lamont to do that. You may know John as the man behind the Australian Model News bimonthly newsletter or as a modeller competing in scale competition or control line flying over the years. No matter what, we were happy to have him as our special guest and to hear his aeromodelling story. We also had a look at the new DJI Mini 2 drone and we are back flying as well!!!!