July6,2008... Decided that today was the day, got things ready to go nice and early so it would be cool, and calm, and headed to the local field. The field is an abandoned airport and the old runway is really rough. I fueled up the Hawk Pro double checked (no checked at least 50 times) all of the regular things like Model# on the TX, RX battery Voltage, fuel clamp etc.etc.etc. I decided I couldnt put it off any longer, and started it up. I flew two full tanks, which amounted to 8 takeoffs and landings. No crashes !! the first flight was pretty sloppy, because of the adrenalin, but once I had landed for the first time I realized that I could successfully get it airborn and back safely.