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[link=http://www.break.com/index/rcplanecrash.html]don't do this!![/link]

So today, starts out to be a good day. Planes flying, but still having problems landing. Keep coming in a little fast. 3rd flight, decide to extend out my glideslope, and my poor Alpha 60 decides to fly right in to a power line. Big bright flash, and my mouth drops to the ground. I look over at the other 3 people at the field, and Bob says "I ain't seen that in thirty years". Well, I'm looking at the ground below where it hit, as parts start to burn off the plane hanging on the power line. Looking for a sign of a brush fire...and sure enough, smoke starts flumeing. I grab the fire extinguisher, and somebody else grabs a shovel - essential tools I learned today - every field should have them. We start walking towards it, and you can hear the crackling brush. Fire dept called, and we head in to the brush. Got the fire out before the fire dept got there, but town of Newport is reporting their first ever plane crash!

So much for the Alpha 60, was getting bored with it anyways. Oh, and before I start getting lectured - it was overcast, I should have known the lines were their, but they were just below the tree line, so not able to see them. If nothing else, I gave the power company a reason to put bright orange balls on them. No real damage, other than a little brush, my .91 4-stroke and the Alpha 60 it was in, and a little pride. No parts able to be salvaged...everything melted or burned.