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Old 05-16-2009, 02:11 PM
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Default RE: what is te faa up to, rules for us?

ORIGINAL: Thomas B
ORIGINAL: WestCoastFlyer
Anyway, it simply proves RC and full size can be in the same place at the same time. I'm not recommending it, proposing it or offering it as a point of discussion, just stating I've experienced it - and as one person noted there never has been a mid-air between an RC airplane and a full size, has there? Think about the millions of hours of RC airplane operation and we'd all agree that's a pretty darn good safety record.
One minor nit pic or two.

One R/C idiot mananged to hit the Goodyear blimp, on purpose, a number of years back.

Also, there has been at least one midair between a hang glider and an R/C sailplane at Torrey Pines (slope soaring models and man carrying aircraft together is a special and unsual circumstance, though)
Nitpicking can be a good thing. You've shown two instances. I wasn't certain, which is why I used a question mark in my statement.