I finally got to put the P-51 in the air this afternoon. Tom B from the club flew her for a few minutes to make sure she was flying right, then him and Mark set up the trainer functions on Tom's and my DX7. Then the fun began. I taxied the plane out on to the runway, Tom took off and got it to altitude, then demonstrated the pattern, then handed me the plane to make a few patterns. After doing patterns both directions, Tom instructed me to do figure 8's, then it was back to me to perform them. A storm was coming in, so he took over and landed. If the weather is right tomorrow, it'll be takeoffs and landings.

Stang
I'm not really sweating the Yak, I was just concerned that it wasn't the right step-up bird from the Mustang. Fingers are much better, still healing, but much better. I'll help with the heli as much as I can, I'm still learning to hover it well. But what I know I can help you with is making sure it's set up right (blades balanced, tracked, controls going in the right direction, etc...). Helis are not easy to learn, but there is much satisfaction to be had when you can hover it for several packs and not have to make a repair. To help ease the learning curve, if you have a sim, use it and fly the biggest pod and boom heli (Dominion .90, Raptor .90, etc.. on RealFlight, or JR Voyager on FSOne) on there to get used to the basic controls, then move to a smaller heli (MX400 on the RealFlight Sim, or T-Rex 450 on FSOne). If you really want a sim heli challenge, try flying the Blade CP or Blade CP Pro.

Thanks again guys.