PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, NOVEMBER 2011, OVER FLYING THE FIELD BOUNDARIES

You are probably as tired of hearing about this subject as I am writing to you about it. However, we are once again receiving complaints of over flights of the condominiums to the East of the field. By this,  I mean the actual flight of model airplanes over the residence area. This means that the East Lake Sammamish Parkway is being over flown, as well. The impact of an R/C model incident in these locations would be catastrophic. We are continually made aware of the closure of fields in the areas surrounding Seattle. We are not immune to similar action. The surest way for us to lose our flying privileges at Marymoor is for us to create an incident or a flurry of over flight complaints.

After all the information put out by the Club’s management in the past, it is hard to believe that any of our Club Members could possibly remain unaware of the consequences of exceeding the boundaries of our flying area. For this reason, I believe that most of our boundary violations are inadvertent.

To deal with the problem, we must become everyone’s “best friend”. If you notice a boundary violation, have a friendly  chat with the person about it. If someone makes a like remark to you, accept as it is intended.

 If you care about the future of MAR/C: DON’T OVERFLY THE BOUNDARIES AND SPEAK TO THOSE WHO DO OVER FLY OR PUSH THE BOUNDARIES.

As always, the future of our field is in our hands.

Jack