I got my first Trainer a few days ago, pre-built Hobbico Superstar with a .40, seems a lot of people here started with that.

Anyway, took it to the field, and after getting the engine broken-in, and 20 minutes of getting my nerves up to fly it, decied to go for it, it sped down the field, and with little elevator action, the plane shot into the air. (I shouldn't have tried my first flight on a windy day) Facing straight up, it started to fall back down, so I gave it full throttle, and it went flying up, and weathervained in the wind, it was then I realized it was too windy to do anything, especially land safely. I did however manage to keep control of it, for a few more seconds, (it was quite a bit faster than I anticipated) I gave it some more elevator and got it a bit higher to bring it around to at least TRY to bring it down, when a nice gust of wind flipped it upsidown and threw it into a 90' tall pine tree.

I was about 250 yards away, and coudln't see much, but I never saw it fall, but figured it must have. So my buddy and I walked over to the tree looked up and couldn't see the plane. So we spent the next 30 minutes looking for the darn thing, to no avail, we looked all over the field, in all the trees in all the bushes, everywhere, so we went to get the binoculars, and finally found it. Upsidown in the tallest pinetree on earth. This was on Friday, and the stupid thing is still up in the tree. So I've contracted a Tree Surgeon to climb up there and get it.

Lucky me however, I spent 10 minutes examining the plane through the binoculars, and I can see NO damage. Prop, monocote, wings, tailsection, engine, fuse, all in place

Next time I try to fly, I'm flying in 1 mile square field, with no trees and no wind. Thought I should share my first story with everyone! Hopefully over the course of the next few weeks I will get much better at this.