The Model Airplane News crew is saddened that our longtime colleague and good friend Tom Atwood has handed away. Tom at one time was the Editor-in-Chief for Air Age Media, together with Model Airplane News. More lately, he was a web based contributor for the Model Airplane News All-Access Membership. He was additionally the chief director on the National Robotics Education Foundation, a corporation that promotes profession paths in robotics. Throughout Tom’s profession, he was recognized for selling and reporting on modern applied sciences, whether or not it was vertical takeoff and touchdown plane or humanoid robotics. We will miss his technical experience, enthusiasm, and kindheartedness.