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Old 07-11-2011 | 09:06 AM
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John,<div>I live down here in Lawton and I'm the President of the local flying club. I read the same article that you did this weekend, but I wouldn't worry too much about it affecting your flying much. When the UAV field was put in several years ago we were in very good communication with the owners of that operation and at that time we were having the same concerns you are having now, that it would affect our flying. After 4 years of their operation there have been absolutely zero conflicts between their operation and ours. So I wouldn't worry too much about this new operation affecting you. Unless you live right next to the airport in Clinton where they will be landing I doubt you will have any problems at all. The UAV on this end is actually located just north of Indiahoma.</div><div></div><div>I wouldn't worry about it too much. If you have other concerns please feel free to PM me and I'll do what I can. We have direct contact with the operators of the UAV operation, so we can get you in touch with them if need be so you could discuss it with them. Several of the people that run the UAV airport are also RC pilots, so they are very concerned with making sure that we can still fly alongside their operation.</div><div></div><div>Ken</div>