I agree with Richard, however it is the final judgement of the PILOT, not
the winch master, to determine whether it was save to launch. If I was at
Visalia, a big contest, and was told to launch, and there was a plane that
was even close to the path my plane was going to take on the way up, I would
delay the launch. If the CD gave me grief, I would protest, take the grief
the CD would give me (or others), and insist on the CD telling the flying
pilot to get out of the way. If he did not it would be he that was
disqualified, NEVER me. The AMA would back you up for safety reasons, and
if MY judgement was not taken into account by the AMA, then the rules we
have would be useless.
Thermals,
Chris Adams
An AMA CD!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2001 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Rule 10.1.e
>In a message dated 02/17/2001 11:22:42 AM Central Standard Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>> A quick search failed to come up with my AMA handbook - it's here
>somewhere,
>> but I assume 10.1.e is an AMA rule. I'm curious as to the background of
>> this
>> rule. If I was a winchmaster I'd never launch a contestant into a plane
>> that
>> was just flying along on the basis of what is essentially a "right of
way"
>> rule. It seems to me that you don't have to launch, but with a
sailplane
>> you
>> do have to come down. Wouldn't it make more sense to give precedence to
>the
>>
>> flying or landing plane rather than the launching plane?
>>
>> Do I have to put on my flame suit over this innocuous question?
>>
>
>The way I learned it, the right of way is something to be yielded rather
than
>taken, so I'd agree with you there. I thought it a little strange for the
>launching plane to have priority as well, but consider that it may be
easier
>to check for a launching plane since it occurs from a generally fixed
>location in the case of a winch launch. The launching plane would have a
>tougher time assessing the risk presented by a plane in the air, since it
>could be anywhere.
>
>Bill Wingstedt
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