Woohoo! Just caught my first airplane! ;-) Thanks for the tips. Videos I'd seen showed people swinging it rather than starting from hanging straight down... while that's something to aim for, your description of starting it stationary, gently swinging it forward, and using a gentle tug made it all come together. Doing it that way, I could tell right away I had tons more control, and it didn't take many tries to land it for the first time. Thanks!