I was there during Joe Nall Week as I have been since the circles were built for us about 11 years ago. It was a conversation between Pat Hartness, Founder and Chairman, and me. This was an entirely RC event until he was kind enough to build the circles.
They also put in a flight line for electric powered RC planes. At that time, this meant foamies and small airplanes. Well, 10 years layer, epowered airplanes have become fast, bigger, and heavier. And that flightline now has about 300 active Fliers during Joe Nall Week.
This year, we had too many overflys and crashes within our boundaries. Since I am the flight line director, I bring my problems to Pat and Mike Gregory, the Event Director each year. And every time I have asked them for something, it has always been done and done right.
I met with both of these gentlemen late Saturday afternoon after all our folks had gone home. We spoke for quite sometime where I shared my deep concerns about our folks safety and that I was not wlling to bring CL folks back to a dangerous environment.
They agreed 100% and we discussed a variety of options that would make our airspace 100% clear of any other aircraft.
As we determine the best strategy, I will share that information.
There is no place whose management and leaders are more supportive of us than at Triple Tree.
Finally, the difference between our poor flying and poor flying by an RC pilot is one of where the mistakes and crashes occur. Our planes are tethered while theirs are not. So before they are called idiots and other names, let's climb down from our mountain tops and realize we have poor pilots as well. No one means to crash to upset someone else. With hundreds of pilots, some will not be accomplished. I believe CL guys also are not all accomplished either.