RE: Encroaching suburbia & the flying field
We've been there for 25 years and the local council approved our land for model aero flying a long time ago. The problems are, over the years in addition to houses being built nearby, our models have increased in size with big petrol (gas) engines and turbines. Some members have models approaching half size. I understand in some parts of the world such as USA and Europe where some clubs have had similar problems, they have been forced to go all electric and ban jets altogether. This may well be what we might have to do as well as limiting wingspan as moving to another site in my opinion is not a practical solution. No doubt this would be the subject of much angst for some but could sit well with others! Of course we do have rules relating to overflying and noise emissions but it just takes one or two rouge members to ignore the rules and all hell breaks out which could cause us to lose the right to fly on our land.