I had never flown an RC plane before when I first went up in high winds. When you learn to fly in calm weather then that is usually the only weather you feel comfortable flying in. Some people try to justify their own fear of flying in less than perfect conditions by trying to get as many others to fear it as well. A kind of might makes right thing.

When I walk through the pit area I can feel the fear. All those beautiful and expensive planes that took months of hard work to build and there they sit in all their glory. Let a blade of grass stir just a bit and to hear the plane’s owners you’d think a tornado was bearing down on them. Oh no, the weather is just too out of control and we aren’t taking any chances with these fine planes. So they just sit around backslapping, ego stroking and reaffirming their position in the pack. They didn’t do anything but they leave happy knowing they’ve impressed the daylights out of the others. Meanwhile I got the air to myself.