"Sec. 91.119 — Minimum safe altitudes: General.

Except when necessary for takeoff or landing..."

I think that in this case a pretty good argument could be made that the FS pilot WAS attempting to land.



"A competent airboss would have made it clear..."

In this case there was no "airboss" with ANY authority.
(no NOTAM filed for the R/C operations)


The title of this thread was "An Incident with Lessons for All of Us"

I think the lesson is: If you are going to operate your R/C aircraft, you need to KNOW and COMPLY with the requirements of the environment where you are flying. In this case I have great sympathy for the R/C pilot as he was invited to fly at this active airport. However, those who invited him to fly did not obtain the appropriate legal clearance (in the matter of filing a NOTAM) to allow him to do so.