FTA: In 2006 I got a phone call from one of my model airplane sponsors that they were working on a secret project, and that they wanted to take model aviation to the small screen. It wasn’t just an informational phone call, they were looking an ambassador. I’ve never had a giant sense of pride, self, or dignity, so I thought, “Why not announce to the whole world that I’m a giant nerd, love model airplanes, and ham it up a little bit in the process?”
Master Of Champions was formerly a Japanese reality TV Show where people with extraordinary albeit unlike talents competed against each other in a talent show style format for a panel of 3 judges, all experts in their own unlike talents. America’s panel featured baseball player Steve Garvey, Oxana Baiul of Ice Skating fame, and olympian Jonny Mosely.
The American version of the television show was a little less wonky than the Japanese version but still kept much of the same format and tenants. They were trying to keep a low budget, but look for acts that were nothing short of a spectacle.
Now, I never purported to be the best model airplane pilot in the world. In fact, I am (and was) a hack compared to the guys (and girls) who spend hours a day honing their craft. I was just benefitting from some good marketing, and spent a great deal of time honing a type of flying that a lot of the ‘more serious’ pilots had been ignoring: Indoor flying.
It was 10:30 on a Wednesday night when I received I call....
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Master Of Champions was formerly a Japanese reality TV Show where people with extraordinary albeit unlike talents competed against each other in a talent show style format for a panel of 3 judges, all experts in their own unlike talents. America’s panel featured baseball player Steve Garvey, Oxana Baiul of Ice Skating fame, and olympian Jonny Mosely.
The American version of the television show was a little less wonky than the Japanese version but still kept much of the same format and tenants. They were trying to keep a low budget, but look for acts that were nothing short of a spectacle.
Now, I never purported to be the best model airplane pilot in the world. In fact, I am (and was) a hack compared to the guys (and girls) who spend hours a day honing their craft. I was just benefitting from some good marketing, and spent a great deal of time honing a type of flying that a lot of the ‘more serious’ pilots had been ignoring: Indoor flying.
It was 10:30 on a Wednesday night when I received I call....
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