![]() ![]() John, his passion for designing and building airplanes renewed, reached out to the event’s organizer, Flite Test. Three months later, both were still captivated by the hobby. Soon the duo found themselves caught up in the fever of building foam board radio-controlled (RC) planes with the other attendees. He and son, Jesse, attended Flite Fest in the small town of Minerva, Ohio with the intention of flying Jesse’s drone. John’s childhood dreams of designing and marketing aircraft finally took to the skies in 2018. “I always had kits in mind but never got it off the ground, so to speak.” ![]() “ ‘Top Gun’ had been out for a long time and I always loved F-14s,” John says of the paper airplane. It’s framed behind glass like any memento, a reminder that sky-high dreams often have humble origins and sometimes even come true. ![]() It’s detailed in pen and paint, fits in your palm and will fly about as far as the other side of the room. In between the laser cutters and dozens of models lining John Overstreet’s shop in Fayette, you’ll find his first jet fighter. ![]()
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