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storklappe · 10-04-2006, 12:12 PM

Close to my house there is a GREAT place to fly "Park Flyers." Almost every morning I fly my Aero Works SU-31 and I have the entire place (three baseball fields) to myself. Last night, my son wanted to go flying but when we got to the field, there was like three million kids playing soccer. We left the plane in the truck and got out a frisbee. About ten minutes later a guy shows up with his son and a plane I didn't recognize but it was about the size of the new Aero Works Sting Ray. As it was a pattern-type plane I figured the guy was not a newbie. I went over and talked with him and it turned out that he had never flown before. I offered to help him and also told him very strongly that he should not attempt to fly with the kids all around us ( I also strongly encouraged him to join AMA). He agreed that it wasn't wise to fly so my son and I went back to playing frisbee. About ten minutes later I see the guy on the far side of the field (with kids in close proximity) run up the electric motor and toss the plane. Fortunately, the thing went aproximately 20 yards and crashed without hitting anyone. Eventhough the plane was trashed, the motor would still run so he tried it again. Same story only the flight was shortned to maybe ten yards.

The point to the above is, even though no one got hurt, I overheard several parents saying flying needed to be banned before someone gets hurt.

Sorry for the long post but I hate it when one moron can screw up a great field!

10-04-2006, 12:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
storklappe Uber Contributer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: USA Posts: 168	Idiots may doom "Park Flying" Close to my house there is a GREAT place to fly "Park Flyers." Almost every morning I fly my Aero Works SU-31 and I have the entire place (three baseball fields) to myself. Last night, my son wanted to go flying but when we got to the field, there was like three million kids playing soccer. We left the plane in the truck and got out a frisbee. About ten minutes later a guy shows up with his son and a plane I didn't recognize but it was about the size of the new Aero Works Sting Ray. As it was a pattern-type plane I figured the guy was not a newbie. I went over and talked with him and it turned out that he had never flown before. I offered to help him and also told him very strongly that he should not attempt to fly with the kids all around us ( I also strongly encouraged him to join AMA). He agreed that it wasn't wise to fly so my son and I went back to playing frisbee. About ten minutes later I see the guy on the far side of the field (with kids in close proximity) run up the electric motor and toss the plane. Fortunately, the thing went aproximately 20 yards and crashed without hitting anyone. Eventhough the plane was trashed, the motor would still run so he tried it again. Same story only the flight was shortned to maybe ten yards. The point to the above is, even though no one got hurt, I overheard several parents saying flying needed to be banned before someone gets hurt. Sorry for the long post but I hate it when one moron can screw up a great field!