Well,..............It finally happened
Had the nexstar out the other day, beautiful weather, 50 degrees out, (february heat wave!) But the sky was not blue or really cloudy, just kind of a high cirrus that was greyish white, took the nextstar up and flew nicely, got up above the horizon and it dissapeared! just blended into the sky so well that I could not see it at all, I throttled back and pulled a little up elevator hoping maybe I would get a reflection of the sun off the wing so I could maybe locate it again, well i got the reflection i was looking for,.......... inverted and heading for the ground fast! a little down elevator hoping i could pull an outside loop......................nope into the ground upside down at a high rate of speed. I picked up the plane with scoop shovel and a broom. the end of the nexstar, crap! Ordered a new plane today, the escapade, looks like a great plane at a great price! Will hopefully fly that until spring, then I will take up the decathlon. Note to self, NO MORE WHITE AIRPLANES!