Mark Smith

Pioneer in radio-controlled (R/C) model aviation

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Born: 1950
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: engineer
, sociologist
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Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Mark Smith was a pioneer in radio-controlled (R/C) model aviation. The son of Rod Smith, an early inventor of R/C equipment, Mark began building hand-launch gliders in the 6th or 7th grade. In his teens he followed his father's footsteps into R/C gliders. He later went on to designing R/C gliders like his 100-inch-wingspan Windfree along with the 72-inch-wingspan Wanderer which were the best-sellers for decades. In the early 1970s he built radio-controlled seagulls for the 1972 movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Mark
Family name: Smith

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