Four years ago for Christmas all T wanted was a remote control airplane and I got it for him. Until today he had never flown it. Take off was scheduled for 2 o'clock this afternoon. A small crowd including family and few friends gathered for this
inaugural flight. T ran into a few minor snags right off the bat but was able to fix them. The take - off was great but no more then ten seconds after take-off it caught a gust of wind and headed straight for a tree! T
tried to compensate for the wind but the plane ended up crashing into the next tree anyway. We all walked over to see the damage and the plane was stuck up in the tree in pieces. Brad and Jordan climb the tree to rescue the wreckage! Eventually after trying for what seemed like forever we knocked it loose and fell the rest of the way to the ground. Needless to say the first flight will be it's last but we all had a whole lot fun today. T is a little upset that he didn't get much use of the plane but maybe in the future he will enjoy the memory of crashing his plane and salvaging the wreckage! I know I sure had fun! Here a couple of videos of T getting ready for take off and a couple of pictures
of the rescue attempt!
T ready for flight. (Sorry I didn't know how to rotate the pic)
This is the plane in the tree!
Brad in the tree
At one point Brad had both his legs and arms wrapped around the tree because he was scared of
falling. The other boys were throwing sticks and balls into the tree trying to knock the plane free!
Jordan in the tree
T with the what was left of his plane :(
2 comments:
I can't not believe T crashed that plane. I sat and saw it everyday for a couple years as I came out of my room and thought what a waste of money..well I am glad he put the money to use and got to fly it atleast once. Even if it only lasted 10 sec. Why whenever there is a sticky situation Brad and Jordan are the first ones to jump on board!! Glad they didn't get hurt!!
Poor T! It looked so exciting, but how sad to end it with a quick crash....
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