In a message dated 02/17/2001 11:22:42 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> A quick search failed to come up with my AMA handbook - it's here
somewhere,
> but I assume 10.1.e is an AMA rule. I'm curious as to the background of
> this
> rule. If I was a winchmaster I'd never launch a contestant into a plane
> that
> was just flying along on the basis of what is essentially a "right of way"
> rule. It seems to me that you don't have to launch, but with a sailplane
> you
> do have to come down. Wouldn't it make more sense to give precedence to
the
>
> flying or landing plane rather than the launching plane?
>
> Do I have to put on my flame suit over this innocuous question?
>
The way I learned it, the right of way is something to be yielded rather than
taken, so I'd agree with you there. I thought it a little strange for the
launching plane to have priority as well, but consider that it may be easier
to check for a launching plane since it occurs from a generally fixed
location in the case of a winch launch. The launching plane would have a
tougher time assessing the risk presented by a plane in the air, since it
could be anywhere.
Bill Wingstedt
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