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RE: Mid-air this weekend. Anyone to balme?? - 8/19/2008 7:03:52 PM   
flymeaway


 

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Joined: 4/20/2004
From: howell, MI, USA
Status: offline 		It's funny how long this thread has been running its course, good topic though.

I caused a mid-air last year at our field. Yes, it was completely my fault. I was on the downwind leg of the pattern trying to trim a plane out I had just repaired when the ailerons locked in a slight bank. At the time there were three other planes in the air. I yelled out very loudly that I had lost control. I had rudder, throttle and elevator so I was able to get the plane down safely away from the runway and the pits (I said safely, not successfully). Just before impact a mid air occurred low center runway. The third plane crashed (dumb-thumbed) in watching all the chaos. As we all walked out to retrieve our carcasses, the oldest member there was yelling at the guy who hit him, then yelled at me because I yelled and caused all this. So you see, it was all my fault. The whole event was nothing short of a brilliant comedy routine actually.

The story is true, but I'm obviously being facetious.

I think this is worth another look for it is very well said:

quote:

Most mid airs ARE avoidable - it's not a question of "fault" - it's a question of prudence.

If 1 or 2 guys are up doing 3D - that is a bad time to zoom and boom a warbird around the pattern - wait your turn.

If 1 or 2 guys are up flying warbirds - doing zoom and booms - that is a bad time to do 3D in the middle of the box - wait your turn.

If a bunch of gas guys are tearing up the sky with a mish mash of sport planes - that is a bad time to launch your super slow flying electric foamie or super scaled warbird - wait your turn.


That's exactly how I fly - courteously and with common sense. If an old time member has his 1/4 scale cub in the air that has hundreds of flights on it, I stay down since he floats around at all altitudes and does many t-n-gos and I fly more IMAC type stuff. If two or three flyers have been up for a bit, I wait for them to land.

I look at flying/crashing/the plane's eventual and inevitable expiration date like this - it's a great opportunity to get yet another plane.

(in reply to HighPlains)
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