Our field is located adjacent to a popular city park. There are cross-country running trails as well as paved sidewalks nearby. In addition, a new housing development is schedule to be built nearby.

We've had some recent issues arise at my local field. Apparently, some formal complaints have been made stating that planes have "buzzed" people while they were running/walking along the sidewalk. I won't get too detailed, but the location of the complaints are practically impossible for planes to access because a large damn containing a pond would prevent the plane from being seen by the pilot. Regardless, the park's supervisor as well as the local police are involved.

Our field is open to anyone (ie. Local Club Members, AMA members, newbies, crack-heads, etc.).

Whether or not the complaints are true or false, there seems to be significant pressure building on the field. I worry that a couple of bad apples (either pilots or cranky people that don't like seeing or hearing RC aircraft) could do some real damage to the future of our field.

Anyone had their flying site shut down? Or successfully prevented a site from being shut down?