Happened to me on one of my first flights after I got my wings. Needless to say, I stay really far away from the trees now.

My plane was stuck at the top of a birch tree that was 50 -60 feet high. I got it down by throwing/looping a small sledge hammer attached with a rope, over a branch (as high as I could throw). Then my Dad and I pulled both ends (at the same time)of the rope to try and bend the tree down in order to get the plane to within reach of my pole. We bent it as far as it would go then tied the rope to another tree to keep it there.

The pole I used consisted of a 20 foot pool (skimmer) pole, and a 15 foot chimeny sweep pole and a 10 foot tree pruner all duct taped together (It was really hard getting the whole thing pointed straight up in the air especially because it was in a heavily wooded area.) Once the pole was up I was able to grab the plane with the pruner and yank my plane down slowly (The top of the tree had alot of little branches). Eventually the pool pole broke because of the weight it had to carry. But luckily by that time, the plane was within reach of my "downsized pole".

The pruner did a bit of damage to my fuse but it was easily repaired. The leading edge of my wing had a 2inch gash in it which was also easily repaired. All in all it took approx 5 hours to get my plane down. We tried many different ways, but this was the way that finally worked for me.

Moral of the story.......If you don't want to loose your plane, do what you gotta do to bring it down.