Time for everyones favorite:
Sound Bites (
from post#1 quoted text)
There has been a fair amount of finger-pointing as a result of this incident; however, there’s little to be gained by assigning blame.
That sounds good,
as long as the guy that says we shouldnt point fingers is not finger pointing himself.
Finger#1
Investigation:
The single largest contributing factor in this mishap was the decision to allow concurrent full-scale and RC operations
Finger#2
Investigation:
There should also be clear coordination and positive communication with the air boss/event director at all times.
Finger#3
Investigation:
The decision to perform the RC flight demonstration without a dedicated spotter also played a significant role in this mishap.
Finger#4
Lessons for all:
In this instance the noisy environment created by the hovering RC model and sole reliance on the air boss to maintain separation between the aircraft resulted in the RC pilot being unaware of the approaching full-scale traffic
Finger#5
Lessons for all:
The fly-in was not sanctioned, so there was no designated Contest Director.
for a guy that dont want to assign blame,
he sure assigned a lot of blame on all 3 parties involved
(well, all 3 except for the FS pilot
)
Why on earth would a fs airshow at a fs airstrip run by the airport operator
need Muncies permission and sanction?