>From 1996 through 2000 we did what you suggested (sans notifying the FAA). We held the Elmira aerotow at Harris Hill glider port flying with full scale sailplanes in full view of the Chemung County airport less than three miles away. We established for the first time ever at Harris Hill, radio communication between the full scale flight line, full scale tow pilots, and the model flight line. The tower guys at the airport were apprised of our activity. This was pilots both model and full scale cooperating to make something happen. The AMA knew what we were doing and turned a blind eye. Maynard Hill came, Paul Schweizer was there every year, The FAA had no idea, nobody had any expectation that their (FAA) involvement would help this be safer or that they would approve. Of course they would not. We did it, the full scale guys were OK with it and soared with us at 3500 AGL. We had spotters, we shared and took turns using the runway. The FAA is not the be all and end all. If we had asked them, we would not have kicked off the giant scale soaring movement with aerotowing. Some times it takes benign neglect to pull off an event that on the books, breaks all the rules.
JD Endless Mountain Models http://www.scalesoaring.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 6:04 PM > To: John Derstine; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider > > <<<< > Question: > How would the average modeler ever know about a given local FAR, NOTAM, > etc? law or not it is not likely we would be aware of said regulation. > >>>>>>>>>>> > > John, > I think the answer is to educate the full-scale folks about the > capabilities of model aircraft and establish procedures for model aircraft > operations in special modes such as XC, and altitude record attempts. The > AMA cannot do this. It takes the FAA. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
