I think your post is a bit of BS and selfish too. Any accident that will most likely be subject to some form of litigation is never talked about in public. Also, "safety practices"... No matter what you do there is always the danger of a plane falling out of the sky and hitting someone. Every time someone launches a plane and looses control, runs the battery dead..... they are rolling the dice with possibly killing someone. Those that were effected by this incident knew the risks involved.
I am not involved with the NCSS, but I am involved with slope racing. This was the first time in a few years that I missed the ISR. The fact that an accident happened at an orgaized event is better than if it were a bunch of sport fliers. At least there was an AMA sanction, and all of the pilots had AMA cards and all of the safety rules were followed. So if you don't know the details, don't spread rumors and blow smoke up everyones behind. And don't talk down about those organizations that allow us to do what we love. Everyone involved in the incident, all of the organizers, have voluntarily taken on alot of personal liability. My heart goes out to first the injured, then the pilots, then the pothers involved. Thanks, David Klein if the rumor that there will no longer be any glider racing at the Big Creek > slope site true? I guess it's because of the serious accident that took > place during the last Man on Man race sponsored by the Northern California > Slope Soarers. I guess the owner doesn't want the liability. I've even > heard flying of any type might be banned forever. What a shame. Just > another wonderful flying site lost. I certainly hope the officers of the > club and the Safety Marshall take a close look at their current safety rules > before sponsoring another event. Perhaps the land owners of their home > slope should be made aware of the past accident and the possible liability > they are exposed to. I am extremely curious why the "Hush, Hush" attitude > has been displayed by the NCSS. Couldn't the whole soaring/racing community > benefit by their telling all and informing the slope soaring community about > the accident thereby taking action to avoid the possibility of another > serious accident? No, it would seem "sweeping it under the carpet" is > NCSS's current policy. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Gordysoar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: soaring@airage.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 9:53:18 PM > Subject: [RCSE] Re: Gordy- Logic without limits.....or I couild hae read > the article in context:-) > > > -why are the people who have no interest or participation in > e-soaring events on any level- > > Doesn't take a lot of thinking here. We are alotted just so many > minutes of time to do our hobby each month. We chose to spend them > doing the kind of flying we like...there just isn't time or money to > focus on more than one thing. > > When E 'soaring' comps turned into motor wars...the soaring guys got > bored...if we were interested in motors and their components, we'd have > stayed flying electrics or glow. But we have no interest in motors, or > even radios...its the soaring that has us hooked, thermals to be exact > and the endless hunt for them. > > The guys interested in motors, got excited about LMR because it played > into their interests...a chance to over power the other competitors. > When the soaring guys like Bob got involved, the focus started leaning > toward more difficult soaring tasks...and that bored the power guys. > > The few still involved (motor guys) are the ones who yelped the loudest > when they assumed that the Zlog Alti Switch was going to butt into their > 'powers'. > > IF they'd have actually read the article, they'd have seen that not one > single soaring guy is interested in changing or affecting their 'hobby'. > We are instead just looking at ideas for our possible doom (future of > no winches, or land go set one up.) > > One more time thread mates, enjoy your LMR events, decide your own > rules, have fun. Power up and enjoy. > > No contest rules need to even be considered for the use of a Zlog Alti > Switch...no beepers or timers or anything else...because other than the > test group that Jack is going to try this summer, there's no one > planning on putting a motor in his sailplane soon. > > Why so little interest in Powered Soaring Events? Because soaring guys > aren't intersted in motors, batteries, props and gear boxes...and motor > guys aren't interested in thermaling at a contest...kind of like > watching grass grow in dry weather ;-). > Gordy > Chicago on the beach tomorrow > > > -- > Gordysoar > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Gordysoar's Profile: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=12801 > View this thread: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=886033 > > 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<http://www.hotmail.com/>and AOL are generally NOT in text format > -- David Klein Graduate Research Student Department of Structural Engineering Jacobs School of Engineering University of California San Diego
