Don,

I guess most of us had a cup of hot chocolate that day and were thinking about staying politically correct.

I've had possession of the Eagle now for 2 flying days this past weekend and didn't get to fly it. It just happened that it was my weekend to work and I'm usually too tired to tax myself further after 12 hours at the salt mine. So, first of all I can't get therre early enough to take advantage of the decreasing numbers ofdaylight hours. Also, on Saturday, this time, there was several new club members at the fly site that I haven't met before. Some of them had theit planes there and I just had a goood time watching.

This coming weekend Ron and I will get to the airport about 1 1/2 hours earlier than usual, on Friday anyway, so I can get in a lot more air time than normal. I suspect he's going to give me an introduction to landing. I'm aware that landing consists of several challenges going on all at once. So, I'll definnitely have to be concentrating and paying very close attention.

I'll have to learn dead stick landing pretty soon too, but don't know how much new stuff he'll throw at me in one instruction session. Whenever Ron takes off, he gains a lot of altitude really quickly so he can have room to get back to the strip in case of engine failure. I tend to rise with a much shalower ascent because it looks like a real plane taking off. I guess I do that too, for fear of stalling.

A few of the club members (and several others) have suggested I get a Tiger 2 for a second plane and some have suggested a 4 * 40. And I've been looking at a site that demonsrates building planes using coroplast (sign making material.) WWW.SPAD.com if you haven't seen the site. I'll have to look closely to pick a desigh that's not too advanced as far as flying it is concerned. That sounds like a fun project. I'll always have access to an experienced pilot to take it up on its first flight to get it trimmed right.

That's about where I am now and what I'm thinking of for a second plane.

elad