Friday 13th !!!!!!!

Crashed my 450 V2 for the first time. Not sure what happened but I think it was just an orientation thing :-( minor damage luckily - flybar and sheared off screw and nut :-) it was fixed at the field so I was able to fly again.

Chris also crashed his 450 too :-( he was doing inverted when his heli started to spin out of control. Not sure what happened but it hit the ground quite hard breaking many parts - Oops!

Other than that it was a beautiful sunny evening with a gentle breeze.

It's official I can hover !! LOL :-)

Finally, a weekend of sunshine ........ and I had to go to Hereford to take Dave to the third Hereford beer and cider festival. :-( Shame...... I wasnt impressed but I had promised so that was that. We had a good time and it was nice to see some of the family again BUT its not heli flying.

Anyway I managed to persuade him to leave early Sunday morning so that I could come back for an afternoon of flying. Well, I'm glad I did as I visited helipad and I finally managed to take and pass my A certificate. At last..... its official I can hover lol!!

Wind...Rain...Wind...Rain...Wind... !!!!! :-(

Over the last week or so my flying has been virually no existent mainly due to the awful weather here on the south coast. So much for the hot summer we were promised!

On Sunday, Chris and I were so desperate to fly our helis, we braved the elements and tried to fly our 450's in a small barn in Soberton. I was only able to just hover about but Chris who is a lot more skillful than me managed to dodge around the tractor and odd hay bail. But as is always the case all good things come to an end which involved Chris crashing inverted into a bail of hay. Broken blades and grips now on order.

It was my better halfs birthday on Monday and he got a great card from one of our friends. Dave may not be overly enthusiatic about my heli addiction but his friends think its great :-).

My friend Sue unbelievably won the Midland caption competition the week after me. What are the odds of that happening. Two Sue's winning one week after the other. This sets the scene for a challenge now :-) What do you say Sue?