Well I just had my first flight...and what a buzz it was. I know I should have had an instructor and all of that but there just isnt anyone in the small town that I live in who could teach me. Anyway I headed off at 5 am and even got pulled over by the police for a RBT. The copper was more interested in the plane though asking me all sorts of questions about it. It all went really well the plane took off and after almost climbing vertical I was quick enough to give a bit of down elevator to level it out. I must admit I was shaking like a leaf the whole time but the trainer did fly slow enough to be able to give me some reaction time. It seemed to fly fairly straight and only needed some down elevator trim to stop it wanting to climb. The only real mistake I made was to drop the throttle to much. At one stage the plane was only a metre or two from the ground when I gave it full throttle to climb again. The second time I wasnt so lucky and it came in for a crash landing although it was slow enough to give me time to flair the plane and let it land on its feet. The plastic strapping that holds the under carriage broke but that was the only damage. I will replace them with some metal ones that came with my plane and should have been used in the first place.
I have read enough posts on this forum to know that what I did was very lucky and next time I may have a bad crash but I have put it off for too long and without an instructor available I need to start somewhere. I cant wait to tell the guys at work this morning.

Regards,

Troy.