My buddy has a story, the worst one i know, He bought a Firebird XL the same day I did, he came out once or
twice to watch me fly mine, but never brought his. he always had an excuse, didn't have it assembled
it, battery not charged, no double A's for controller. After I stopped flying mine I didn't think anything of it.
When I started flying glow I brought him to the field once, one of the instructors offered to take him up
with his SIG Senorita for an intro flight, my buddy declined as he didn't want to fly someone else's plane.
On the way home from the field, he was kicking himself in the arse for not doing an intro flight. I stopped at
the hobby shop that evening and grabbed some fuel and other odds and ends, my buddy decided he wanted
to try flying, so he bought an Arrow 40 trainer, 6EX radio, and an OS 46 FX. When we got home I told him
we could assemble it tonight and head back to the field tomorrow. He ended up taking it home in the boxes
and said we would get together soon. I called him a few times to try and get him to come over so we could set
up his plane and he could try flying. he was always too busy, and always had excuses. I stopped asking and
continued to fly without him. My wife and I were at his house over the holidays and we were out in the
garage so I could look at his ATV that was broken. I noticed sitting on the shelf the boxes for the Firebird, and the
Arrow. I opened them up and both were brand new I don't think they were ever even taken from the box.
I asked him about them and he finally told me the truth, "I was afraid to fly the Firebird because I might crash it,
and I didn't want to look dumb at the field having to fly with the instructor in front of you and all the other people".