[NSRCA-discussion] Full Scale Airport

[Steven Maxwell]

 My clubs field is across the street from an active Army Base that used to be just for reserves, it has gotten more active because of 911 and the wars, I wanted to have a contest when  I first got back in RC but what I have read of peoples feeling on this was just what I expected. This location is even worse because of not airplanes even though we do have C130's, A-10's but the worst is the heli's that go anywhere even with our area being mapped as restricted air space, even from what I understand and don't know if it is a tail or thruth a few years ago a base commander would send up heli's if RC was being flown, the story goes that a call to a senator and the commander was shipped to a new base.
   Steve Maxwell
  
Jim Quinn <jaqfly at prodigy.net> wrote:
    I was at the same contest that Ed Miller commented on and I totally agree! That contest was a disaster. On the other hand we use a small grass strip with only a few operations a day and that site worked well. We even had a competitor or two fly in with his full size airplane. We didn't land when a plane was on final we would just fly away from the landing pattern. I fly at another contest where we are in the traffic pattern for a near by airport and there too we just fly away.
   
  JIm Quinn

Ed Miller <edbon85 at tds.net> wrote:
  Did that once at a D1 contest. It was totally useless and frustrating. Look 
for another site.
Ed M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Deaver" 
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:42 AM
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Full Scale Airport


>I have been put in a difficult situation here in Lubbock and am interested 
>in some of your valued opinions.
>
> Scenario:
> Our club field (now) is a small airport in Abernathy, 20 miles North of 
> Lubbock. The city will not close the airport for model events. The club 
> may not support a contest at the city field (not the club "home" field.)
>
> My question is;
>
> How do you feel about competing at a site, requiring you to immediately 
> land as soon as a full scale plane is on final?
>
> I don't think there is much full scale traffic, but it only takes one 
> incident/hard landing or interuption to that burner flight you have been 
> looking for all summer, to make the contest unenjoyable.
>
> Thank you for your input.
>
> Ed
>
>
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