The closest I came to loosing one was when my stock jet hit 40'
and landed 2 stories up hanging it's tail off the edge of the roof.
Went home and duct taped some hockey sticks together and brought
my ladder back. After standing on the second from top step I managed
to push it into the gutter where I could only see a tip of it sticking out
if I stood back on the ground.
Only after taping another stick to the top, pointing slightly down, did I
manage to flick the plane out. I got it back and they got a free gutter cleanin