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04-04-2015, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by PLANE JIM

or simply outlaw all model activities within 5 miles of the airport-if we are hazard we should not be in the same airspace.

If the FAA had their way Nothing that they don't control would fly in the NAS, even Geese Unless the geese had XPONDERS.
Of course that is foolish. About as foolish as NOT allowing all R/C flying with in 3/5 miles of an airport. If U look at any airports instrument approaches most have the altitudes and distance from Runways planes are allowed to come down to on an instrument approach. VFR aircraft fly a pattern usually 1000' AGL and within 5/8 to 1-1/14 miles of the runway until abeam their touch down point where they start a decent to the runway in a descending right or left turn to the approach end of the runway.

Then there those of us that fly on airports, For the last 45+ years with no incidents or accidents at all. We Just give way to all full scale on the ground and in the air. In fact when the corn get's high enough where w cannot see planes coming from the Hangers on the North side of the airport we station a spotter at the intersection of our E-W model runway and the fields N-S runway. He has an air horn and triggers one blast when a full scale is about to Take Off or Land. then 2 blasts when all clear. If a model is in the air they stay well clear of the full scale runway and circle to the east or land short. Check it out copy and paste 0WI8 into google maps. we fly North East of the Intersection of the N-S & the E-W runway.

Many Chartered R/C fields have been flying with in the 3/5 mile radius of airports for years with very few incidents and as fare as I know never any collision with full scale aircraft. If anyone knows of any such collision at a chartered R/C field with in the proximity of a full scale airport please enlighten all of us.

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