<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Ron Van Putte</div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 17, 2008, at 9:41 AM, Steven Maxwell wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div> 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.</div> <div> Steve Maxwell</div> <div><br><b><i>Jim Quinn <<a href="mailto:jaqfly@prodigy.net">jaqfly@prodigy.net</a>></i></b> wrote:</div> <blockquote class="replbq" style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <div>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.</div> <div> </div> <div>JIm Quinn<br><br><b><i>Ed Miller <<a href="mailto:edbon85@tds.net">edbon85@tds.net</a>></i></b> wrote:</div> <blockquote class="replbq" style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Did that once at a D1 contest. It was totally useless and frustrating. Look <br>for another site.<br>Ed M.<br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From: "Ed Deaver" <divesplat@yahoo.com><br>To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:42 AM<br>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Full Scale Airport<br><br><br>>I have been put in a difficult situation here in Lubbock and am interested <br>>in some of your valued opinions.<br>><br>> Scenario:<br>> Our club field (now) is a small airport in Abernathy, 20 miles North of <br>> Lubbock. The city will not close the airport for model events. The club <br>> may not support a contest at the city field (not the club "home" field.)<br>><br>> My question is;<br>><br>> How do you feel about competing at a site, requiring you to immediately <br>> land as soon as a full scale plane is on final?<br>><br>> I don't think there is much full scale traffic, but it only takes one <br>> incident/hard landing or interuption to that burner flight you have been <br>> looking for all summer, to make the contest unenjoyable.<br>><br>> Thank you for your input.<br>><br>> Ed<br>><br>><br>> ---------------------------------<br>> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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