I believe the tree is over 500 years old! It was my 1st at the mountain this year and I was a little rusty. I made the turn to land too late and got blown into the tree.Unfortunately, these trees grow so fast. That's Murph's Law, if there's a rock, hole, bottle or other obstacle at the airport, you'll always hit it, just like that unfortunate sandwich always falls on the ground with butter... But what would be an excuse for that buy a new model, too old is already battered and ugly? At least something breaks here, and what do the poor collectors of snakes or plastic models say when the place in the house ends ???