I'm going to go against the norm here. Allot of times I have no other choice but to fly alone. Yep, there I said it. I know it's dangerous. I know the risks involved and I have been bitten by a prop on one of my electrics while sitting at home with family around.

The reasons are pretty simple. About 95% of our club members are retired. Almost everyday at 10:00am they get together for breakfast, then head to the field to fly. By the time I get off work, they are all heading home or are already at home. The other 5% that do work are younger than me or close to the same age but have wives/kids that they must attend to. I'm single and both my girls are on their own so I have no worries about needing to be in a certain place at a certain time.

I have spent more than one evening waiting at the field for someone to show up from about 4:30pm to 8:30pm only to end up mowing the grass because no one showed up. Yep, I called people and they were too busy to fly. Sometimes someone does show up late and we have the "normal" evening crowd that are the same people all the time but those days are too few and far between.

I can hear it now, this guy is nuts, he's dangerous and all of that and he's gonna get hurt. I understand that an accident can happen. I expect it will some day. All I can say is it is a risk I prefer to take.

I'm lucky, I have the time to fly and I do compete so I need to practice. I do have a caller but that person works also and in the evening so I'm left with little choice.