Now its time to hear the other side of the story.
First of all, calling all of the fliers that were present derogatory names
will NOT help your situation one bit.
1. The gliders were all parked in the landing
area? Untrue. The place where I and the other fellow pilots had
parked our planes was in an area that had small plant stick ups approx.
12"-18" high. That is the reason they are parked there. Any landing in that
area is going to result in a LE grabbing
wingover.
2.The big rock you are refering to is right smack
in the middle of rotor-land. And also less than 10 ft. from a picnic table! If
you had to land in that area, you obviously were not in control of your
ship. And you say WE were a safety hazard ?
3.It is a public park. People will come, some
with not much common sense. If these people are in your way when ready to make
a landing, just ask them politely to move so you can land. It always works for
me whether they are a flier or spectator. I did not hear anything from you
when you splatted your bird. BTW, do you have an AMA card? It will come in
very handy the next time you are out of control and happen to hit some
one.
4.Coyote hill is chock full of landing alternates
AND flying sites. If everyone else was having a good time with no complaints,
why didn't you just go to the other slope to the left? All you had to do was
tell us your freq. so we would be able to tell any other newcomers. That's
what we have always done before.
5.Coyote Hills is a public park with no
official club. We have been self policing for many years. Frequency control
has consisted of asking around if there will be any conflict with the
channel that one is flying on. As a matter of fact, that is the practice at
ALL Bay area slopes. I have never had nor seen any mishaps. Sure they have
occured, but it is extremely rare. This has usually caused by a newbie that
doesn't have a clue what a freq. conflict is.
6.I like flying at Sierra Rd., Windy Hill, also.
That is when the few times a year the winds are favorable (SW and Easterly).
Face it, if these are the only places a person will fly at, you wont get much
flying at all.
7. Lastly, I am disapointed with the replies that
were sent to the original msg. You were able to form an opinion about a flying
site and its regulars by listening to the sour grapes of only ONE flier.
Many replies came from people who have not even been to ou slope. I
fly at this slope 1-3 times weekly and have not had any horrible experiences.
We often have a mix of combat battles, glass slippers, racers and F3J
ships all in the air at the same time with no complaints. This goes on at
other Bay area slopes, also. Just because this fellow with a beef had trouble
handling his ship in 40+ mph winds and got bit by the turbulence (many people
did, albeit they were foamies) maybe he should continue flying during the week
when the crowds are less, especially if someone just talking to you as you fly
gets you a bit unnerved. But you will be sharing the slope with me,
'cause I fly during the week, too!
Blue skies,
Max
