[NSRCA-discussion] Full scale bipe vs RC plane

[Phil Spelt]

The two most abundant substances in the Universe:

Hydrogen and Stupidity!!!

At 09:19 2010/08/20, you wrote:


>There are idiots everywhere.  You never know when one will strike.
>
>Jon Lowe
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Keith Hoard <khoard at gmail.com>
>To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>Sent: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 8:08 am
>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Full scale bipe vs RC plane
>
>Same thing happened at Mac Hodges field a few years ago.  I believe 
>it was Friday warm-ups, and this guy in a Bonanza came out of 
>nowhere with a low pass down the runway.
>
>Unfortunately, if you're flying at an uncontrolled field and nobody 
>is talking on the radio all you have is "see and avoid" . . .
>
>On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Bob Richards 
><<mailto:bob at toprudder.com>bob at toprudder.com> wrote:
>I watched the video last night, but now the video has been "removed 
>by the user".  I wonder if everyone is trying to keep this quiet 
>now. The video will probably end up being evidence in an investigation.
>
>Someone is at fault. Hard to tell who. From watching the video, and 
>from the description below, I doubt the model flyer was at fault 
>since it appeared that he had permission, and the runway was 
>supposed to be shut down - I think he had every right to assume it 
>was safe for him to fly. When told to fly away, he did.
>
>Very lucky that no one was hurt.
>
>As model pilots, what can we learn from this? Always have a spotter. 
>Not someone standing there saying "wow, bring it down lower" but 
>someone with their head on a swivel watching out for traffic.
>
>I was flying a model at a private grass strip years ago and had just 
>taken off. A guy drove up, got into his Pitts biplane and took off - 
>he knew I was there. I thought it would be no problem, I just turned 
>around and flew away from the runway. But, after he took off, he 
>made a big circle and buzzed the field. Luckily, I had someone 
>telling me what he was doing. I had to fly my model almost down into 
>the tree tops to get out of his way. If anything had happened, I 
>would have felt like it would have been the other guy's fault, but 
>I'm sure the media would have reported it in such a way that model 
>airplanes would have gotten a bad rap, which is what will probably happen now.
>
>Bob R.
>
>
>--- On Wed, 8/18/10, Bill's Email 
><<mailto:wemodels at cox.net>wemodels at cox.net> wrote:
>
>From: Bill's Email <<mailto:wemodels at cox.net>wemodels at cox.net>
>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Full scale bipe vs RC plane
>To: "General pattern discussion" 
><<mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 9:46 AM
>
>mike mueller wrote:
> > 
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3GHqMObjcM&feature=player_embedded#>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3GHqMObjcM&feature=player_embedded#!
> >  I've seen this but I can't figure out why they were allowing RC 
> planes to fly on an active runway. This seems like total kaos. Mike
>Here is what I know about it:
>
>The location was Brighton Van-Aire airport (CO12) north of Denver.
>This is an uncontrolled field. There are no requirements for radios 
>or any communications.
>There are no ATC personnel or facilities involved in operations at 
>this airport.
>It happened during a charity event being held at the privately owned 
>airpark (people have hangars at their homes).
>The biplane pilot lives there. He reportedly landed and parked his 
>plane in his hangar after the incident.
>The RC plane was flying a planned demo.
>The fellow with the radio was the "airboss" for the event.
>He has no official powers or authority.
>The biplane required no clearance or permission to land or make the low pass.
>A NOTAM was not filed for the event.
>The biplane was damaged. (not sure to what extent)
>Nobody was injured.
>Incident reports have been filed with the FAA and NTSB.
>
>This is gleaned from a number of sources, including several threads 
>on RCU, Flying Giants, and the AMA forum.
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>Keith Hoard
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