Submitted by EHS (9/2005); Transcribed & Edited by JS (11/2005)

Gerry was an avid Control Line modeler. He competed in C/L Scale and C/L Navy Carrier events. He worked as a Pawnee Plane Administrative Engineer at Cessna. At this time, he met lifelong friend Evyinn Schoenberg at a Cessna Model Club meeting. They met the night the club introduced using plastic Royalite sheets to create custom Cessna scale models. Outside of class, Gerry and Eyvinn built an R6-B using this newly learned technique and wrote an article about the design, The Marvel of Royalite (Model Airplane News, February 1959). After writing the article, the two formed a company-of-sorts, called “Serco Imports.” They sold Royalite sheets, plans, and glue for others to build the R6-B. Their original model was later donated to the National Model Aviation Museum in 1989.

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