In '93, I got an Aircorpse (yes, corpse, not core) Trainer with a Supertiger GS40 and a JR 4 channel. That plane was a pile of poop, and I can't believe they're still around. It was like a Chrysler K car... it was the biggest pile of crap, but no matter what you did, you couldn't kill it. After buddy cording the thing for two months and still not being "signed off" by the field instructor, I said screw it and took it to a base ball field. The flight was uneventful.

Then I moved from FL to VT (I was 15 and didn't have a choice), and my parting gift was a Midwest Hotts II from my flight instructor. When I got to VT, I figured I had nothing to lose, so I threw the 'Tiger and JR gear in that and had at it. Would you believe that the Hotts II was easier to fly than the Aircorpse? Well, it was. Love love LOVED that plane and was actually sad to see it go due to "one more flight before I go home."

Next up was a GB Eagle II with two bays clipped from the wing, anhedral, double sized control surfaces, same 'Tiger and JR gear, and done as a taildragger. It was fun, but nothing special. Radio glitch did that one in.

After that, I was ready to try a GP Super Sportster 40 bipe. Absolutly fantastic plane, and beautiful to match. I'd love to find one that hasn't been built yet. I flew that one for a looooong time. Over time, glow fuel got in to the wood hoding the upper cabane struts in, and they softened to the point of not being able to hold the wing on. It shed the top wing during flight, and kept flying for two more weekends as a monoplane 'till it high speed stalled coming down the backside of a loop and rekitted itself.

Next was a Super Sportster 20 that never got finished. This is spring of '96 now... I was graduating high school, going to college, getting my real pilots license, and kinda lost track of RC planes. About two years ago, I discovered the SS20 in my parents basement and finished it and put a Saito 50 on the front. Hell, I was a hotshot pilot ten years before, and knew how to fly real planes, so this should be no sweat! hah... Ooops.

Two years elapsed and I finally got around to buying RFG3, and a GP C182 ARF. I haven't flown the plane yet, but am logging some considerable simulator time. When I come back from the desert in the fall, I plan on flying the plane for the first time.