ORIGINAL: Bob93447
Scale,
Back in the old days, say 20 years ago, I don't ever remember the basin being closed for the President to visit town. The 30-40 nm limit they put in (measured from Lax) is pretty restrictive. The Van Nuys Airport Cops are either a lot more vigilant or there are a lot more people provoking them; they seem to be showing up a lot more often. Add to that the fact that at least 2 or 3 times a year someone crashes a jet and burns off the brush on surrounding landscape as the fire dept. practices putting it out and you are starting to get the picture. At least the guy who used to sit on the road and access the 72 Mhz frequencies to randomly crash planes is gone. I guess that is one of the benefits of 2.4 gig.
On the other hand, there are a lot of good days too. With the Solar system the club put in for the recharging stations fuel is free if you fly electric.
Bob
Yes,, Post 9-11 a lot has changed, I've watched the antics from afar,, LOL ,
and the Little Korean guy's name was/is? "John Kim" (It wasn't random,, he knew who he was shooting down,,, talk about an ugly period in So Cal RC aviation)
Good luck,, I hope to come out again soon,, maybe I'll see ya there