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Local man sells model planes to afford future he never planned
Ray Lawson lived flying airplanes and jumping out of them
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Gainesville resident Ray Lawson loves planes and spent nearly all of his life flying them and jumping out of them. He has also constructed quiet a few model planes throughout the years, many with tiny gas-powered engines.
Ray Lawson lived his life like there was no tomorrow. A lot can be said for a life lived like a dream — every desire fulfilled, every risk accepted and every goal achieved. Now, tomorrow is closing in fast, and for this 78-year-old Gainesville man it looks like this: Stale cigar fog drifts over scattered nostalgia inside his rented one-bedroom home, lingering high above stacks of hobby magazines and model aircraft plans pinned to his desktop.