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FIELD ETIQUETTE

  • Be courteous if not cheerful

  • Abide by Safety Code and Field Rules

  •  Give students and guests extra opportunity to fly

  •  Offer to assist other pilots – particularly students and guests

  •  Service / fuel aircraft before signing out frequency

  •  Be ready to take your turn in the air

  •  Announce your intent to start engine, taxi, take-off or land  

  •  Do not hover helicopters in the pit

  •  Do not hover helicopters across in front of others flying

  •  Keep flights short (15 minutes) –  others may be waiting

  •  Return transmitter to impound immediately upon landing

  •  First pilot up should use runway most favored by the windsock.  This is now the Active runway.

  •  When Airplanes are flying the active runway, Helicopters on active runway must fly the circuit with the airplanes and all other Helicopter maneuvers and hovering must be done on the inactive runway

  •  If you disagree with the current active runway, discuss it with the pilots currently on the active runway and Helicopters on the inactive runway.  DON'T CROSS PATHS !!!

  •  Wait while aircraft are being test flown

  •  Negotiate compensation for another member’s model lost as a result of your own actions  

 


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