About 18 months elapsed time..... Why? I joined the local club around September 2001, when I first started I averaged maybe one or two flights per day at the club on weekends. As I got discouraged over sitting around wasting a lot of time, I didn't go to the club much the following summer. Meanwhile, I bought a GWS Tiger Moth and flew at the local park. Later last year I graduated to a 3 channel glow plane and flew on my own when the field was either empty or the few people there didn't mind... Than I went back to my 4 channel trainer and started finding the trees. Finally, I bought a copy of G2 and a LT-40. I soloed the first time out on the LT-40 May this year.

While I have taken a long time to solo, I have gained a fair amount of flight experience during this time. This experience enabled me to successfully fly my new H9 Funtana yesterday. No looking back now!