I hate to write this reply to my newest project but with a heavy heart I must. My second Bee was so cool, so many improvements, balanced just right, I knew it was too good to be true.

I was flying our field pattern....counter clockwise like most fields, and a new guy to our club who was already up in the air with is new trainer decided to pass me.... not to the side..... but above me ....very close.....and when he got too close for comfort.....he lost his orientation and dove right into me. His prop ripped into my turtle deck. I could not beleive it! It was raining Monocoat and blasa wood! I was pissed! Two months of building and I was left with a pile of tooth picks. His plane was destroyed also. I had to be diplomatic about it since he is new and it is very easy to get discouraged in the beginning. We shook hands and made everything OK between us. I was the one with the experience up there.....I guess I should have been on the defensiive. She was so bad........I could not even take a photo.

Now I think..."If I would have only turned away when he got close, if I would had just stayed home, I would have my new plane hanging up in my basement." But guess what......I have to be out there flying....sitting in the pitts with my planes as if I were in a car show is not why I go to the flying feild......I go there to fly. Speedy Bee.....R.I.P.!

Dave