I've been sitting here looking for a place to post what happend to me today and I think I found it. Have spent the past month kicking around the idea of moving from cars to aircraft. Should I go nitro or elec.. Should I buy a trainer or should I just jump into a war bird or maybe an EDF. I took the time to read some of the posts and found alot of the " experienced flyers" say. Start with a trainer, sim and even better, and instructor. I thought to myself, I picked up the car thing pretty fast. I have family in aviation and have loved airplanes since I was a kid. 42 now. Got to fly a T-6 once with War Bird Rides. How hard can it be? Right? Bought a Park flyer trainer. 3 channel. Electric. Not a bad looking airplane. Not a war bird but sexy none the less. First flight with a hand launch. Up it went. Did all the pre flight. controls, CG, Trim and so on. It flew great! Untill I touched the controls.

Some things that I learned. I am not a natural born pilot. An airplane at speed and the ground do not mix. The ground will always win. Foam safe epoxy is not cheap. Airplane parts are not cheap. I had 5 flights today and I am in love. Had a blast!!! My plane is in the shop while the epoxy sets up. There is an RC air park near by and I think I will call in the morning. Can't wait till I can fly again.