Due to a family vacation and a slight learning curve with the YS 160 I have not been able to get anything more than three very short dead stick landed flights on my BM V.3. After a little needle tweaking and some adjustments I was able to get two full flights on it this evening.

All I can say is HOLY *****!!!!!!!

About halfway through the first flight my face started feeling funny,I thought maybe the breeze blowing straight in caused a nerve or something to tense up. It took another minute before I realized I was cheesing so hard it was hurting my face Mind you, after the terrible pattern year I have had I was rusty as hell so nothing looked polished, but it felt so good to be flying a plane that grooves I couldn't believe it.

The Black Magic is one hell of an airplane and if I can get a few more flights on it before the D4 championships (very big if) I might be able to avoid making a fool of myself. Even if my third flight with it is round one of the contest I will still have a huge smile tattooed to my ugly mug!!!

Thanks again to everyone that helped, especially Mark Atwood.

Anthony