Lol. It's the aliens man. It's all those damn aliens! (twitch)

EHHE

Hey, don't get discouraged. My first 'true' solo this year resulted in my engine dying at telephone poles height on takeoff right before my first turn. It should have ended up disasterous, but thankfully the wind was blowing the opposite way it normall does and a slight turn ...tried to keep it level as it fell...and BOOM. Lost my gears, punch a 1 inch hole through the wing, and ripped the Fin right out from the fuse just from the force. Oh and lost a prop. Took me less than an hour to repair it and test everything. After takeoff it drops down so I couldnt see it crash but of course I had to hit the ditch on the hillside which of course made it worse.

Anyway, the next day out was about 2 or 3 days later. I hadn't had anyone to help me, and the wind was a strong cross wind and the park was heavily populated with walkers. But I was sick of sitting around. I was going to force the issue and eventually get up...if not this time, the next or the next or the next..on my own. I am stubborn. Luckily I took off nicely, kept my throttle up all the way and made my first turn. I was shaking bad so after 3 circles I finally cut the throttle enough to bring her in. This is where things get shakey. I turned my back and look over my shoulder a bit to make sure I didnt screw up the direction of controls when I landed. Brought it in , missed our tiny runway but was happy as heck.

So, the moral of this story is. Keep going for it. I flew a few times since then, and on Friday was engaged in high speed tight circle low level dogfight manuevers with my brother on his trainer. Even the guys at the airfield thought we have flown for years. Together total we have less than 2 hours.

S