I live in the Phoenix area and just heard a news report that a man flying an R/C airplane lost it in the sun and was killed when it flew into his chest. I'll post a follow-up when I hear more
jrfoy

http://www.kvoa.com/stories/5192002_2.html
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp...v=14RS8HQv96Kx

Please post any more links you find

My condolenses to his family and friends.

I am interested in this as I belonged to this club for a while while living in Tucson. Each of those stories have it happening at a different place. One at the Tucson field which is practically next door to the fair grounds and one at the fairgrounds during an exhibition. Does anyone have first hand knowledge of where it happened?

Jeff

Here is some more details below. Is this just an Arizona thing or what? I was at a War Bird Race at a field in North Phoenix a half dozen years or so, ago. A kid from California with a Way-Off-Scale twin Mustang (basically 2 quickies bolted together) was pounding the competition when he hit the pylon course worker cage. One of the course workers was leaning up against the chain-link fence and it hit him in the back of the head. Killed instantly.

http://www.azstarnet.com/star/sun/20...LANEDEATH.html

Below is the story of the man who died this past Saturday (5/19/2002)
in Arizona.

Model plane slams into owner's chest, killing him
He loses sight of the 7-pound craft in the sun.
LA MONICA EVERETT-HAYNES
Tucson Citizen
May 20, 2002
A man flying his radio-controlled airplane near the Pima County
Fairgrounds died Saturday after it flew into his chest.
Roger Wallace, 60, was flying the plane when he turned toward the sun
and lost sight of it, said Deputy Nicole Feldt, Pima County Sheriff's
Department spokeswoman.
Feldt said the plane, which weighs nearly seven pounds and has a
wingspan of four to five feet, then struck Wallace.
Wallace, a member of the Southern Arizona Modelers Club and former
owner of an auto parts store, lived in the 9400 block of East 26th
Street, she said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident occurred around 9:30 a.m. near South Houghton and East
Dawn roads, Feldt said. She said a few people performed CPR on Wallace
while waiting for paramedics.
Jerry Knebel, the club's president, was flying his plane with other
members when the accident occurred. Knebel said he got blankets from
his car to help.
"It was a sad, tragic accident," Knebel said. He said Wallace had been
a member for three years.
"It took a long time for 911 to get through. Two members were on cell
phones, trying to get the operators to cooperate, because they didn't
know where Dawn Road was," he said. "The response time was 35 minutes,
but once the medics arrived, they did a fantastic job."

Really hate to hear this, but thanks for the information.
I'm going to put it in our newsletter this week.

We recently had to change our runway layout to avoid a neighbor's airspace, and now we have a definite sun problem in the afternoon.

Bud

Im in San Diego Area..And the rumor was this gentalman quit drag racing because of the dangers. Does any body know the Truth?

Regards,

Scott