I had my first crash today with my Hangar 9 Corsair. It was a good wind right down the center of the runway and I thought the flight would be a breeze. I took off and everything seemed fine, as usual she flew smooth and very scale like. I was coming in for a landing and into the wind this plane really flies slow. So I made one gear pass, and on the second pass I was going to put her down. I had a perfect approach and I gave up elevator slightly to early, she floated and I gave some power to make a go around. On the next landing attempt, another good approach, this time however the wind switched and was pushing the plane in toward the pits. I was on the rudder bigtime, but she kept drifting. Like an idiot, I sort of paniced and gave full power very fast. Needless to say, at that low of a speed, the plane tipped over, I would think from motor torque, and went in nose first. I thought it was going to be a real bad result, however, the plane is not in too bad a shape. I need to due some gluing, and reapair the front of the wing assembly but all in all, looked way worse then it really was. I am not to bummed because this was my 10th flight on her. I have been flying since June and all the guys that fly at this field said I would not be able to fly this bird for two years. This plane is slightly harder to land then others but it really does not deserve the nasty reputation it has. I will rebuild it and hopefully get in at least one or two more fights this year. I would hate to end my first year flying on a bad note. The plus side was that I flew my Something Extra 10 times with no bad landings.

Tom