Keep it in perspective!

by Phillip Pippenger
(Evanston, Illinois)

I used to fly my .15 Super Fly in a big school parking lot. The parking lot was surrounded by light poles that I used for keeping my bearings. Anyway, on final approach one day, I thought the plane was between me and a pole, but actually, the pole was between me and the plane. As I floated in, I lined up on the pole, and to my suprise, the plane suddenly exploded (hit the other side of the pole). A group of kids playing basketball nearby started laughing so hard they were rolling on the ground and had to stop the game. I wanted to just drive off and leave the debris to avoid the embarassment, but I ended up going over and collecting the pieces as the kids laughed on. After a while, I had to laugh too, it really was a stupid funny crash. Finally, all pieces collected, I took a bow and got the heck out of there.