Talking about Ziroli´s DC-3 a friend of mine wich is a very active jet modeler many years ago built one of this and most of our club followed to see the maiden flight of this aircraft in a small city near ours wich has a suitable and calm airport.. Engines checked and synchronized, (two kioritz engines),Kraft radio tested and range checked for hours and hours in the ground, a lot of people watching, everything went well until one engine quit and the inevitable stall and spin happened over a barn near the airport..

Right at this point a pretty sizeable crowd of locals gathered to see the wreck, but when my friends arrived at the barn, there was a note at the door telling that the owner has passed away that same day and there was nobody there. After some time thinking on what to do to recover the model and asking to some locals if someone knew where to contact somebody related to the barn owner , a large crowd arrived at the airport among the firefighters and a ambulance with the sirens on.. the news on the city spread quickly that a giant airplane DC3 crashed at the airport and there was at least one dead !



this has nothing to do with this thread poll at all, but it was fun for me to remember anyways...