[NSRCA-discussion] Full Scale Airport

[Ron Van Putte]

In about 1971, when I was stationed at Andrews AFB near Washington,  
DC, I was out flying at our club flying site in a remote corner of  
the Base.  While my airplane was airborne, I heard the sound of a  
helicopter approaching and headed the airplane down.  The helicopter  
went almost over my head at treetop level.  It was the President's  
helicopter!  It took a while for my heartbeat to drop to a normal  
level.  It turned out the the President wasn't in it, but I didn't  
know it at the time.

Ron Van Putte

On Jan 17, 2008, at 9:41 AM, Steven Maxwell wrote:

>  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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