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Old 07-08-2002 | 01:31 PM
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Default First Flight

Good for you!!!

Remember, the term "Easy to fly" means that the plane is "easy to fly for someone who knows how to fly"!

Let me give you an example of what I mean (and remember, this is only ONE example, there are HUNDREDS of things like this that you need to learn before you can go "solo")

When you are flying, and you get in trouble (which happens a lot at first) the basic human response is to want to make the airplane go higher, so you instinctively feed in UP elevator. The problem is, if your plane is hard banked to one side or the other (which is usually the situation causing the "trouble") pulling the elevator UP is just going to cause the plane to spin into the ground. You need someone there to "rescue" you until you master the technique of "Leveling the wings" FIRST, before making ANY other corrections.

Like any sport, this takes a little time to get used to. The problem with this sport is that when you make a mistake:

A) You have very little time to correct it
B) You must do the right thing to correct it
C) If you do the wrong thing, you make the problem worse
and
D) YOU CANNOT STOP! (this is the one people seem to forget about)

The only way to make your plane stop is to come in contact with the ground, either on it's wheels, or on some "less desirable" part of the plane.