Radio Airplane

On any given afternoon when sunlight is abundant and the wind is calm, there's a good chance that some of Havre's radio-controlled - or "R/C" - aircraft enthusiasts will be found at a field south of town. Just north of the softball complex and the trap club off Montana Highway 234 is an airport that caters to heavy traffic.

It is here that R/C pilots fly - just for the fun of it.

"The fascination is flight," said enthusiast Rocky Preeshl. "I don't know how to describe it any better than that."

They pilot scale models of real aircraft in intense acrobatic maneuvers, all from the safety of the g...