I fly at a FS airport adjacent to an active runway and we fly over it with our runway right next to that active runway. The airport "REQUIRES" us to land if a full scale is in the area. We are REQUIRED to have a dedicated spotter. We have an excellent relationship with the airport by following them two requirements.

You know what. We have never had as much as close call. If a FS plane is spotted whoever sees it first yells "FULL SCALE" and the direction. The FS can be heard long before it is a "CRITICAL PROBLEM". Doesn't matter if there is 3d going on or not. You have to have "locational awareness". R/C Planes then land we have safely landed as many as seven airplanes before the full scale got to the runway. I have sat on our runway with engine idling waiting for the full scale to land. After it lands or flies by and clears the area I can then go back up. Many of the local full scale pilota will wave at us as they go by. Our planes are on the ground. And we watch them land and laugh when they bounce.

Had them two requirements been followed. This incident would have never happened. There is plenty of blame to go around for this incident. Unfornuately the R/C pilot will probably bear the brunt of it.

Safety and common sense work hand in hand. Unfornuately that day little of either was used. The only good thing no injuries.