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Old 03-16-2016 | 01:56 PM
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da Rock
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Originally Posted by Rafael23cc
So a full scale is flying along, using section (C) of the FAR paragraph quoted above. A clearing ahead shows a few cars and maybe a shed or covered structure. How close does the pilot have to be to identify that there are people out in the open? ...............

Rafael
Sounds like your model club has a pretty lousy flying site.

So your GA pilot's excuse for buzzing the crowd was he was so low and going so fast he didn't see them until it was too late to get back to legal altitude.

Last edited by da Rock; 03-16-2016 at 02:17 PM.