FLYING SITE SAFETY RULES

1.    Deliberate flying behind the safety line is prohibited.

2.    Each transmitter must display frequency identification.

3.    Taxiing is not allowed in the pit area.

4.    It is strongly recommended that members do not fly alone.

5.    Children should not be permitted beyond the spectator area unless under the direct supervision of an adult or under flight instruction.

6.    The established club frequency control plan will be in force at all times.

7.    Control line equipment shall be inspected before the initial flight each day.

8.    Helicopter flights are allowed in designated areas only.

9.    Sailplane high start lines are to run parallel to active runway.

10. Direction of flight is determined by the wind direction, etc.

11. Flight operations will stop during electrical storms.

12. Models will fly only in pre-designated areas, and will yield right-of-way to full-size aircraft.

FLYING SITE OPERATIONAL RULES

1.    NO flying before 9:00 a.m.

2.    Only pilots and assistants are allowed on the safety line.

3.    Mufflers are required on all models. (db limit recommended).

4.    Testing of engines is to be performed in specific designated areas.

5.    Shelter may not be used as a pit area.

6.    The AMA Safety Code will be displayed when the field is open for flying.

7.    Fliers operating models must display AMA membership cards for easy identification.

8.    Pilots shall make appropriate announcement when taking off, landing, or emergency situations.

9.    Compliance to these safety rules is the responsibility of each participant.

10. First aid kits are to be carried by designated members.

11. . Post emergency numbers:

Hospital _______________________________,

                                                          Police ___________________, and Public phone

location  1217 Children’s Home Rd

“SEE AND AVOID” GUIDANCE

The primary means to avoid collisions between all aircraft flying within our National Airspace System

(NAS) is “See and Avoid.” Vigilance must be maintained by each person operating an aircraft (whether

model or manned) so as to “see and avoid” other aircraft. This is especially true of modelers avoiding

manned aircraft. Our privilege to fly model aircraft in the NAS depends on our commitment to remain

“well clear” of manned aircraft. Simply avoiding an actual collision is not enough.  A “near miss” is not

acceptable.  Unless flying at a mixed-use site where manned and model aircraft routinely share airspace

through their own site-specific rules, models must fly sufficiently far away from manned aircraft so as not

to create a collision hazard. Model flying must not only be safe, it must be perceived to be safe by the

greater manned aviation community.  Modelers must continually demonstrate their respect for the safety

of manned aircraft by remaining vigilant and well clear. 

Whenever a potential conflict arises between model and manned aircraft, the pilot of the model aircraft

must always give way to the manned aircraft. The pilot of a model aircraft must never assume the pilot of

a manned aircraft can see the model or will perform any maneuver to avoid the model’s flight path. 

Since the model aircraft pilot is exercising control by visual reference from a location on the ground, in

general the model should always descend and turn to pass well below and away from the flight path of the

manned aircraft. (Common sense would dictate that if descending endangers other aircraft, persons or

property on the ground, other evasive action would be appropriate.)

A modeler should never place consideration for the well being of the model aircraft above the safety of

manned aircraft.  

Maneuvering to avoid may require sacrificing the model.

Free Flight models should not be launched while relatively low-altitude, manned aircraft are in sight and

are downwind or headed downwind from the launch site.

Spotters:

Before a flight, the pilot must brief the spotter on his/her duties and expectations.

Any flight expected to be in proximity to known manned aircraft, such as at a mixed-use facility or within

three miles of an airport where even a simple excursion above 400 feet is expected should use a spotter to

assist in monitoring the surrounding airspace for manned aircraft. The spotter must have sufficient visual

acuity and be mature enough to take this responsibility very seriously.

A spotter should also be prepared to assist his or her pilot in the event that another model aircraft or

spectators become endangered or in turn are perceived to be a danger to the pilot or the pilot’s aircraft.

If a model pilot ever experiences what he or she consider to be a near miss with a manned aircraft, that

model pilot should notify AMA Headquarters with a written report of the incident, including action taken

by the modeler to avoid the full-scale aircraft. This report is intended to help the modeler, the club, and

the AMA capture as much detail as possible so that it may be used to assist all parties in recalling the