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Old 07-02-2002 | 08:55 PM
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flyalan
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Well Guys. I also saw the the agenda on the AMA website also. I immediately popped off an e-mail to our AVP (Jim McNeill). By the way he is one listed as presenting the topic. Anyway I carbon copied Dave Brown when I sent Jim the e-mail. I did not receive a response from McNeill (big surprise!) but I did receive one from Dave Brown. His response confirmed that Jim McNeill had this on the boards but he said he would be surprised if it actually went anywhere. He said the safety committee has looked at hovering and the only thing mentioned was something to the effect that hovering must be at least a certain distance away from anyone (except the pilot). He thought that 25ft had been mentioned. These recommendations occurred due to some pilots inviting the audience to approach hovering airplanes to "Wax the Tail" so to speak.
If this information is factual (which I believe it is), this should pose no threat to those who hover their aircraft responsibly.

Also someone mentioned that they wondered why McNeill was bringing this up when he has not asked his district membership how they feel. Well that's the way he does things. His way or no way.