As an 18 year old, I washed and waxed a J-3 for 2 hours
of instruction. After takeoff and turnout to the
left I discovered that the stick would not move to
the right. After landing, the instructor and I poked
around below the floorboards and found the cap to the
can of Johnson's wax jammed in the controls. We had
cycled the stick all around before takeoff, so it worked
its way into the jamming position somewhere between
the initial roll and the first turn.

At 01:30 01 October 2005, Kilo Charlie wrote:
A story related to me from the east coast site where
I once flew but after I
left there.

A 1-26 pilot wrecked the glider and had major injuries.
He rebuilt it then
recovered it. They did a very thorough preflight as
is required after doing
that type of thing. Only problem is that they confirmed
the ailerons were
connected but didn't notice that they worked opposite
of what they should
have. Pilot took off and released soon thereafter
again wrecking the
glider. Pilot (different person) was uninjured. Cables
were 'crossed'.

Casey Lenox
KC
Phoenix