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Old 07-27-2011, 09:33 AM
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Default RE: Ahh, it's a good day finally.

Thanks, flew again last night at my friend place, I did OK, the grass wa a bit tall, so the prop was hitting the grass, making takeoffs a bit hard, but overall it was good. My friend however lost control and slammed his huge Piper Cub into a gravel hill at the quarry near his place. Long walk of shame, it was at least a 1/2 mile away. 

He had just repaired the tail wheel on it and put a new main wheel on too, but I guess that is what happens when you say its time to do some work on the plane, his canopy needed to be replaced.  We still arent sure why he lost control, it went into a spin, and he was able to recover but it kept going into a spin.