Hugh Fraser leans over, tears some grass off the ground and throws it to the air. He grips a remote controller while he watches the grass drift past him to the east.

“Straight down the runway,” he says.

The engine of a gas-powered model airplane, the “Norseman,” revs to full speed. The propeller spins out the sound of a lawnmower mowing and the plane speeds forward, breaks off the field and soars into the air for the first time.

It’s the maiden flight of the Norseman. The Brandon RC Flying Club launched the plane on Thursday morning to bring life to a season’s work from one of its members.

“I spent all winter on it,” Rod Atkinson tells the Sun later on Thursday.

The Sun visited the club to learn a little bit about RC flying and gain a glimpse into what the hobby is like for the member

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