You guys will love this flight.....I took my Alpha 40 off with at least a 5 mph wind which is no problem, I flew a couple simple oval patterns and decided to do a loop. I had the plane doing fine till I got up on top of the loop....then the engine died! Oh...great! Don't panic just turn her over and fly down wind a bit and turn around and land....should be easy....right? Well I got her turned over easy and glided down wind so I could approach the strip easy....what a handful that was! [X(] My plane dropped faster then I wanted and with the crosswind gusting up to 11 mph now I thought sure enough this trainer is history. I came in about four feet above the runway but all my gliding speed was almost gone so I had to nose down quick while keeping the wings level and I made one of my best landings and no one was around to see! [&o] I rolled off the runway quick and put the rudder to her and she did a 180 right back onto the runway not more then 10 feet away from me! Excellent!

Then I readjusted the carb and flew one more time and the engine just didn't sound right so just kept her level and flew simple oval patterns till I landed with the engine still running but that landing had a hard bounce which broke my prop but I fly with only wood props anyway so no big deal. I called it quits after that flight....