Well, I finally finished my LT-40, set the radio up and went to the field. I had a great instructor, who took the plane up for the maiden flight, put it through its paces then handed me the controls. I did a few slow turns, had some trouble keeping the nose up at first and keeping control in the turns but otherwise it went okay.

The only truly scary part was on landing, my instructor brough it in, (he did amazinly well considering the cross wind) put it down softly and then..... the prop just fell off. I was soooo lucky, as soon as the motor was cut off, the prop fell to the ground, spinner and all.

After a quick repair, and a good tightening we went up again and the turns went a little better. I want to thank all of you who have helped me get to this point.

Victor