What a lot of these new-bee's don't realize is how dangerous it is to fly a glow or gas powered plane in a
park or any available field, trying to go it alone, not wanting to listen to experience people that have been
doing this for years or proficient pilots that have gone through the training criteria and advanced in to the
intermediate and advanced stages of this hobby, flying radio controlled aircraft.

Many years ago I was walking my dog in a park when I was living in Scotland and came across a young
gentleman getting ready to fly his trainer looking airplane and when I asked him if he had flown it before
to which he answered "No, first time, going to teach myself how to fly!" I replied that "It is dangerous to
fly where other people are walking and sitting in their cars." to which he said "This little plane can't hurt
anyone." (A .30 sized high wing trainer, maybe weighing about 4 1/2 pounds). When he started the engine
I stood off in the distance, dog barking like crazy at the sound, watched him taxi out to a clear spot and hit
the throttle and off it went, he maybe had control of the plane for approximately 30 seconds got totally
disorientated and crashed it straight into the side of a parked vehicle that had a lady sitting in the passenger
seat!!!!! He was very lucky that it wasn't the passenger window that it hit, but all the same it pieced the sheet
metal in the door of the car, scared the holy hell out of the woman, and no amount of "I'm Sorry" was going to
pacify her either. He almost got his butt whipped by the driver and I'm sure that the damages were substantial,
never saw him at the park again and never came to our club as I suggested earlier in the day either.

Moral of this story, get a mentor pilot or trainer pilot to guide you in you path to successfully flying RC model
aircraft............"Nuff Said"