wonwinglo
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:ohno: Now I did manage to finally get flying this evening but my experience was somewhat marred by the inconsiderate behaviour of a few,we all should I hope have safety in the back of our minds after the terrible accident last year to that young girl who was tragically killed when struck by a model,we must never forget the consequences that could happen if we have another accident like that however it seems that some modellers still have not learned a lesson from this,this evening I went flying to a site that I only use now and again,my normal site was un-available so hence the shift,it is a fairly tight strip flanked by a main road but flyable over open country,cars are parked in a layby with a sterile area that is used for overshoots,dead sticks or any emergency,it is an unwritten rule that this area is kept clear hence my concern when three little girls set up toys etc and started to play in this potentially dangerous area,I asked the children to move please and come away from the strip,they did so only I was then repremanded by their parents for moving their children,I poined out that it was unsafe as what would happen if there was a dead stick landing ? to which the mother reploied they will move away when the aeroplanes start flying ! at this time models were in the air and should any one of them have had problems then the sterile area would have been needed,the father who had just landed also had a go at me saying,anyway you wwere flying your helicopter there ! well big deal it is an airstrip not a childrens playground after all ?
Later said person insisted on flying his 3-D model smack bang in the middle of the strip just hovering when everyone was trying to take off or land,this in effect impaired take offs and landings,so in the air at that time we had-a 3D model,young lad with a trainer,a low wing model and myself trying to fly my Cub in a small area trying to keep away from said person with the 3D model ! talk about inconsideration for other flyers ?
Th strip in my mind should be kept clear for landings and take offs and not an area for personal practise,some people never learn do they,and who would be the first to complain if his children had been hurt with a model ?
An evenings flying spoiled.
What do forum members think,have you had any similar circumstances of bad flying behaviour ? and was I being unreasonable in asking for the children to move back ?
Later said person insisted on flying his 3-D model smack bang in the middle of the strip just hovering when everyone was trying to take off or land,this in effect impaired take offs and landings,so in the air at that time we had-a 3D model,young lad with a trainer,a low wing model and myself trying to fly my Cub in a small area trying to keep away from said person with the 3D model ! talk about inconsideration for other flyers ?
Th strip in my mind should be kept clear for landings and take offs and not an area for personal practise,some people never learn do they,and who would be the first to complain if his children had been hurt with a model ?
An evenings flying spoiled.
What do forum members think,have you had any similar circumstances of bad flying behaviour ? and was I being unreasonable in asking for the children to move back ?