Giving the matter some thought and one should realize that if a the non modeler neighbor complains and goes to his fellow non modeler neighbors and if he feels it's necessary, he or she files a formal complaint to local authourities, the vastly outnumbered RC fliers won't have a leg to stand on.

The only possible solution I can see and I know it's been brought up before, is to make attenpts to get as many of the local residents and/or their kids into the hobby. What I'm talking about is not a half hearted (I'd like to use a different word) effort, but make an endless crusade to bring in the locals, including local and even national government officials into the hobby/sport. Someone, must know someone, who knows someone who can persaude any of those mentioned to come out to the field, and not just the one beginner day, but try to make certain that an instructor WILL be there to give the VIP and/or neighbor adult and/or kids some convincing instruction. RC aeromodeling safety in numbers.

CCR