Mid Air Question

[Wayne Galligan]

I don't know what the fuss is about 2 flight lines.   When flying at the
field on a regular day there can be 4-5  airplanes in the air at the same
time increasing the likelihood of a mid-air due to more equipment in the
same space.  It has happened to me while practicing.   Friends of mine have
had mid airs with sport planes that where so far out of the box you couldn't
imagine how it could happen.  Two of them even mid aired when they where the
only two guys at the field just practicing.  One guy got his airplane
totaled and it was under a table next to a chair under the pavilion and some
how an errant take off happened to find its way to his plane and totaled it
out and these where the only two airplanes at the field.  The point is it
can happen at any time at the field practicing or at a contest.  Unless you
only want to fly a couple of flights in a contest then there is not much
else one can do.  Accept the risks, fly cautiously and if in doubt fly away
from a situation if you feel you are in jeopardy of damaging yours or
someone else's airplane.   One botched maneuver is worth more then anyone's
airplane.   I have some times waited a minute or two till the other flight
line was in the air and started in his pattern till I took off to spread the
sequence out.  But I am not sure it really help it just made me feel a
little better.

Now if I could get all those botched maneuvers back when there was clean
air...

Wayne Galligan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Pavlick" <jpavlick at idseng.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 8:33 PM
Subject: RE: Mid Air Question


> Scary stuff. Since this was my first year flying in competition I learned
a
> lot. The first time I attended a contest that had two flight lines I was a
> little bit surprised. At first I thought: "Man, that's crazy!" I told my
> caller to keep an eye on the "dangerous" side of the box and I figured
that
> since I was flying Sportsman, I'd take a 0 on a turnaround rather than
take
> out someone else's plane. Nothing happened at that contest except one
> near-miss (I wasn't involved) so I figured it was just a necessary Evil.
It
> takes a while to fly all the sequences / classes even at a small contest
so
> I understand why we do it. I didn't realize the amount of midairs that
> happen however. It is kind of scary. I don't have a real good backup
plane,
> and even if I did I wouldn't want to bring home my main ship in a bag
after
> flying it into someone else (cost of damage x2). I hope we can come up
with
> something to reduce the risk.
>
> John Pavlick
> http://www.idseng.com
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> > [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Terry Terrenoire
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 8:37 PM
> > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > Cc: discussion at nsrca.org
> > Subject: Re: Mid Air Question
> >
> >
> > AMEN! Ron. You said exactly what I was going to. Evidently, CDs think
> > alike!
> >
> > Terry T.
> >
>
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