Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring

2005-07-31 Thread Jeff Steifel
. JD Endless Mountain Models http://www.scalesoaring.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Allan/Tara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 4:54 PM To: Soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring In the current issue

Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring

2005-07-31 Thread Martin Usher
The notion that everything can stay the same as it was in the past is probably at best naïve. (JD) I was born in London after WW2, my parents having lived throuhg the Blitz. Some of the tales I heard at my mother's knee were quite harrowing, all very matter of fact but I for one can't

Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring

2005-07-30 Thread Keith
Martin really has this one absolutely right! Keith I like the present situation because there's a sort of gentlemen's agreement with the FAA -- we don't interfere with full-size traffic and they leave us alone. It works well for both parties. The FAA assumes that we're responsible people

Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring

2005-07-30 Thread Tom Nagel
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Mid-air. - Original Message - From: Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring Martin really has this one absolutely right! Keith I like the present

Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring

2005-07-30 Thread Albert E. Wedworth
Great call Tom. I agree! Let's not get our panties in a bunch everyone. Cheers AL Albert E. Wedworth ( AL ) The Bag Lady Cell 530-228-9445 Fax 530-343-1715 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that

Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring

2005-07-29 Thread martinusher
(Everyone knows that a model aircraft is about 36 wingspan and is powered by a glow motor or sometimes an electric motor and is flown in a figure of eight pattern just in front of the operator.) Anybody out there have any idea as to who to contact to get this thing turned around,somebody who

Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring

2005-07-29 Thread Bill Swingle
Excellent points. I too like the current situation. But there's always the nagging concern about what will transpire if a catastrophic collision happens. Obviously, the lawyers get much more vicious when a wrongful death occurs. Yet, we really just don't know what will happen legally speaking.

[RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring

2005-07-28 Thread Allan/Tara
In the current issue of Model Aviation which I received today I found the Presidents Perspective page quite interesting. It makes it quite evident that there is a complete lack knowledge as to what we in the soaring community are all about. In his remarks he (Dave Brown) states that his

Re: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring

2005-07-28 Thread Bill Swingle
In Dave Brown's defense; Let's try to remember that he MAY be asking only for something attainable. While possibly knowing that anything higher just won't be agreed to. I wonder if the FAA would even consider 2000'AGL. Personally, I doubt it. Bill Swingle RCSE-List facilities provided by

RE: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring

2005-07-28 Thread John Derstine
] -Original Message- From: Allan/Tara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 4:54 PM To: Soaring@airage.com Subject: [RCSE] AMA's position with regard to soaring In the current issue of Model Aviation which I received today I found the Presidents Perspective page