Allen Ray Booth

He graduated from North Side High School. He worked in sales at Pembleton electronics for 26 years. Then moved on to Magnavox & USSI (Under Sea Sensors Inc).

He also served in the Air Force and the Air National Guard, carrying himself with steady courage. Allen's electronics knowledge was polished by his stint in the US Airforce and his electronics training at Keesler Air Force base in Mississippi.

He was a talented model airplane enthusiast who designed, built and flew radio controlled models for most of his life. Not only did he build the airplanes, but he also built some of his own radio control electronics, including the transmitter and receivers, and at one point fabricated his own jet engines. If he didn't know how to do a particular type of fabrication, he'd research it, then practice it until it met his high degree of perfection.

His early interest in R/C modeling was flying "Patten" (that is, flying a prescribed series of maneuvers to a defined set of visual standards.} When some of the excitement of Patten faded, he, along with several other members of the modeling club he belonged to (The Flying Circuits) took up the newly forming event of Pylon racing. He and these buddies traveled to contests around the greater Midwest almost every weekend during the summer months. Sometimes he was the winner, sometimes not, but always a contender. More importantly, always a gentleman and always willing to help anyone that needed it.

He designed several airplanes for the various classes of events: .15 cu.In, Quarter Midgets, .40 cu.in. Quarter Midgets, Formula 1 models and Quickee 500rd's.

He wasn't just a modeler, he was also a mostly self-taught, talented machinist. And he put those electronics, machinist and design skills to good use when later in life he took a position as a model maker at the Magnavox Electronics Systems division, helping to test and improve Sonobuoys for the US Armed Forces.

He was a member of the Fort Wayne Flying Circuits and the Academy of Model Aeronautics.

Allen was preceded in death by his brother, Roger Booth.

Visitation will be held at D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Homes - Lakeside Park, 1140 Lake Avenue, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805, on August 26, 2026, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

Memorial contributions may be made to Fort Wayne Flying Circuits, PO Box 552, New Haven, Indiana 46774, [email protected].