Hello one and all, My original flying experiences were about 40-45yrs ago, control line. I built and crashed several planes, and think I still have a few small engines somewhere in the garage. Then in 2000 I took the kids to see the Dambusters exhibition at Ellvington and a model airshow was on. My eldest, James got hooked, he was 14. So I bought all the gear and we trailed off to Pontefract club which we visited for several months and hardly ever got a flight due to lack of trainers to take you up. We moved on to Dewsbury and I decided that priority had to be given to James who got his A within about 3 months. He then found other interests, as teenagers do, and I ended up going on my own. I picked it up very well but was pushed too quickly into landing, during my first week of flying, and you all know what happended. So that was the end of it. I'm now retired and decided to have another go. I've built a new trainer, an Arising Star, which has the OS 46 in it from the original Apache trainer. I've been back to Dewsbury and my membership is pending until I see the Treasurer and hand over the cheque. I've had one flight which I found really difficult. The last 3 weeks have seen appaling weather and I'm waiting to get back. During the last attempt to fly, we aquired a Prangster and a Sillouette which I built but never flew. And on one visit to a market bought a second hand Cap. Getting thoroughly cheesed off with the weather so far this year and have invested in a Sim, got the Phoenix and finding it very useful getting back into what the weather is currently prohibiting me from doing. Mick.