That brings back some memories!

The Launch Link was the first radio control outfit that I ever had, and I bought it brand new with cash saved from my first job as an apprentice.

My apprentice wage was only 7 pounds 17 shillings and 6 pence a week and the Launch Link was a very expensive purchase that took weeks to save up for (and a loan from Mum so I could get it sooner!).

It was a two channel radio designed for use in model boats from Flight Link Control. I was impressed that anyone would make a dedicated radio system for r/c model boats and was part of the reason why I bought it

........the other reason was that it was in the window of one of the two model shops we had in Bath at that time - Cyril Howes (that was better known as a camera shop). The other model shop was The Modellers Den - but they didn't stock Flight Link or Launch Link.

I fitted the radio in the first ever model boat that I build from an Aerokits Swordsman and used if for a year or so, but the radio was quickly outclassed by a series of radios from Japan including the new OS Cougar and the Futaba 4 channel outfit.

Both cost less than my Flight Link and both were much better (sadly!).