Tex Newman has been building and flying model airplanes for seventy-five years. He has held a pilot’s license for forty-five years and has accumulated 2,500 hours in the air as pil...view moreTex Newman has been building and flying model airplanes for seventy-five years. He has held a pilot’s license for forty-five years and has accumulated 2,500 hours in the air as pilot-in-command. He has built and flown model airplanes in all of the major categories, but his flying of both models and full-size planes is mostly “for his own amazement.” He was formerly an automotive and aircraft mechanic before becoming a pastor of small rural churches. He has been married to his lovely and devoted wife for fifty-eight years. They raised three children and enjoy their thirteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.view less