Charles Hampson Grant

In 1932, Johnson hired Charles Hampson Grant to direct the editorial content and policies of Model Airplane News, and he remained in that position until 1943. Charles Grant manned the helm through some very important growth years for the magazine. During that period, modelers were introduced to their first gasolinefueled miniature aircraft engine (the Brown Jr.). As a result of this new power source, new types of model aircraft were developed, including free-flight models and U-control (also known as control line). Later in that same decade, we saw the beginning of modern-day, radio-control models. At this point, the broadcast radio industry was only in its infancy!

Mr. Grant has been referred to publicly on numerous occasions as “the father of model aeronautics in America.”