Re: First (and Last) Flight Yesterday

Rich,
two items that you need to work on:
1) Situational awareness -- knowing what is where and where your plane
is in relation to them.
2) Sounds like you're not in a club or decided not to go out to the
club field.

I highly recommend that you join a local club if you're not a member
already. Fewer obstacles, people with similar interests, all that
good fun stuff!

Lots of municipalities are really cranking down on "rogue" flyers
using parks to fly model airplanes, and enforcement officers are not a
friendly crowd.

I'm not saying that you're a bad flyer and an inconsiderate oaf.
However, if something happens, it gets splashed all over the news,
towns start getting totally cranked and by-laws are created that make
life miserable for everyone.

Case in point (possibly an urban myth): King City Ontario passed a by-
law that banned all model flying in region owned parks and all
schoolyards. Said by-law was also used as the reason why local land-
owners would not consider model aircraft clubs renting their property.
.

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