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Old 10-18-2010 | 05:00 PM
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Default RE: An Incident with Lessons for All of Us

Two lives at risk (possibly more on the ground) and you don't dump it? Tsk Tsk.
I dont think I've seen anyone say the RC pilot refused to yield,
it over and over plays out that he didnt know till it was an emergency
and the way you get outta dodge from a hover is to punch it to foward flight and skeedaddle.

I doubt any 3d pilots first instinct reaction is 'Dump it onto the runway'
when someone yells "Incoming! Clear the Runway NOW!"
The theme of 'aborted landing' comes up a lot,
is the plan to dump a chunky pile of 40% onto a runway while a FS is trying to land on that runway?

"tsk tsk" is that nobody told him there was a FS coming in hot & low till it was too late.