Frank Root turned his love for racing into a career in radio control. — Words Sean McDevitt | Photos Provided There’s a famous saying about jobs and work that probably everyone has read at one time or another. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” -Confucius I would not often take it upon myself…

Angelina Provetti tells the story of Trinity Racing, her father Ernie, and Horizon Hobby. — Words Sean McDevitt | Photos Provided In June 2023, Horizon Hobby acquired Trinity Racing. While the radio control community was surprised by this turn of events, one person knew exactly what she was doing and knew it was exactly what her father wanted. Angelina Provetti, daughter of Trinity Racing co-founder…

Rocking and rolling with Randall Davis across the Utah desert. — Words Sean McDevitt | Photos Provided The desert is a harsh mistress. For those who venture out into the unforgiving wilderness, it takes fortitude, endurance, and courage. Luckily, Randall Davis has all three in spades. As a product developer for Axial and Horizon Hobby, he’s spent plenty of time in…

Words Sean McDevitt | Photos Rory Schweighart Chris Huhn has flown them all, from balsa planes to RC jets to a full-scale Cirrus SR22 Turbo. He wouldn’t have it any other way. There once was a fifth grader who, every day in class, would “fly” his pencil in the air pretending he was in control of not a rocket ship or a daredevil motorcyclist but a plane. Not even a fighter jet. His imagination would…

By Sean McDevitt In his annual media roundtable, University of Illinois Director of Athletics Josh Whitman presented his State of Illinois Athletics and spoke at length about the remarkable accomplishments of the Illinois Athletics program and individual sports while addressing several ongoing issues in college athletics and continuing his message…

He finally won a vote. — This seems like it’s been a long time coming. I don’t think anyone outside the truly delusional had any qualms about saying Donald Trump is a con man who has committed many crimes. I would characterize Trump as a criminal. He’s like the mob boss everyone knows is not doing…

Hopes, Dreams, and other Various and Sundry — I did not love Star Trek Picard seasons one or two. They were trying to recapture lightning in a bottle and purposely not make a starship adventure story, but it fell flat. …

I want to break free — Every day I see a new story about Musk and Twitter or Zuckerberg and Meta. None of these stories are positive. They are always negative. …

Home, where my thoughts escapin’ — I always find it fascinating how others set up their iPhones. Do they use widgets? Are they minimalist, or do they just have a springboard of icons in no discernable pattern? Do they use wallpaper from Apple or one of their pictures? …