RE: Mid-air this weekend. Anyone to balme??
Mid-Airs occur. Its a simple fact if two planes are flying at the same time, they can and may impact each other . When I raced Q-500 pylons, it happened a few times (but you couldn't do it if you were really trying). A couple of years again, a mid-air happened at my club - the pilot of the plane that was hit (OK- cut in half) said the other pilot did it on purpose. But the fact was that both planes were on the outside edge of the pattern (at least 100-150 yards away). Basically, sorry it happened, but the matter was dropped when cooler heads that witnessed it were able to talk to the pilot. THe pilot that hit the other did say he was sorry, but no one expected him to pay for the destroyed plane. As many have said, there cannot be anyone at fault from the first post. Just look at the RC combat pilots that can't even hit a ribbon during a match, and they are in close. Kaos guy - keep flying and have fun.