More flying

Yesterday we "traded in" the plane Mom and Dad got Jordan for his birthday for a different one that was supposed to be easier to learn with, because we weren't making much progress on the other one.  A much improved experience!  Both Jordan and I could fly this one straight out of the box, including doing nose dives, loop-the-loops, and real landings.  Along the way we discovered many great places to crash land a plane too, like on the roof and in the tops of trees.  If it ever gets stuck at the top of our willow there'll be no way to get it down other than to wait for a windy day!  This morning when I took it out I even had two small birds flying along with me for several minutes, not sure about this intruder in their domain.  We flew around in circles over the back field, and they followed close behind or flying next to me, like fighter jets scrambled to bring in a wayward plane over DC.

The new plane is a HobbyZone Champ, and it's the high wing that gives it inherent aerodynamic stability, so that it automatically recovers if you "stall" it in flight.