On one occasion, a 70 odd inch balsa wood RC plane must have broken a control rod or something because it rolled over and came straight down nose first into the sidewalk about 10 yards from us exploding into thousands of pieces. We thought that it was the coolest thing we’d ever seen, only exceeded by the time Chadha Franklin came down the street with a pellet gun swinging a dead rattlesnake over his head like a lasso. The snake was discovered in someone's backyard and Chadha was dispatched to deal with the problem. Back in the day we didn’t wear seat belts or helmets and parents said things like "Be careful, those things bite… make sure you're home by dinner". It was a kinder simpler time back then… well, maybe not so much for the rattlesnake… but I digress.