Red. this is a forum where we trade ideas and try to understand somone else's point......it makes no difference how many times someone responds...
maiden flights aren't so dangerous....it's just an unproven airframe....to suggest we not maiden an aircraft unless there are only 2 people at the field is ridiculous.......to try and maiden an airframe just minutes before the start time of an event is ridiculous as well.......
perhaps we need to amend events to something such as... event begins at 9AM ends at 5PM daily, open flying at the event site will be from 6PM to 8AM....no flying of any kind 1 hour before or 1 hour after the scheduled event time....
this now allows for night flying or maidens, or open flying at the event sites....it allows an hour for the crowds to arrive and leave....have pilot meetings whatever......
you stay within rule 4, and yet allow for pilots to still have fun and tweak or maiden airframes....remember this is not a business....for most of us this is a hobby...we are here to have fun
there is no need to rewrite rule 4......