RE: ....and there she sits.
I really would love to get me one of those tree-climbing stands like hunters use, but they range anywhere from $100 for a crappy one on up to $250 for a good one. Since the farmer's house is just down the hill, I doubt he'd fail to notice a chainsaw buzzing up there! Once I try the PVC pipe idea, I'll let you all know how it went. My thought process now is, if this works, I'll donate the pipe to the club for any future mishaps. Oh, interesting sidenote. Seems I'm the first to pull this particular stunt. I slid into the boughs of that tree so neatly because of the wind that I did very little damage to the plane. It seems that usually, guys go barrling into that grove of trees and whatever's left of the plane mostly falls to the ground. That's me...always trying to buck the trend....