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Club Rules
1) All members will be required
to be enrolled and current members of the
Academy of Model Aeronautics (hereafter referred to as AMA)
which includes
a model aircraft insurance program.
2) Payment of annual membership dues is required to join the
club. All renewal
membership dues must be paid by Dec. 31st for the following
year.
3) Each member will be an experienced flyer or be required to
fly with a flying
instructor utilizing the “buddy box” training system until
enough experience
has been accrued to safely fly on their own.
4) Each member must own property in Pine Ridge.
5) Non Pine Ridge residents that have current AMA cards can only
fly at the
Pine Ridge flying field as a guest of a current Pine Ridge R/C Electric
Airplane
Club member. Guest flight privileges are limited to three times per year
per
individual. One guest per member per day and member must be present and
assume responsibility for guest.
6) It is suggested that Club Members display their current
membership card
on their hat or shirt while at the field.
7) Student flyers can experience flying three times with a Club
member
flying instructor utilizing the “buddy box” training system. If
they are still
interested in learning to fly they must first join the AMA
program and then
apply for membership in the Pine Ridge R/C Electric Airplanes
Club.
8) Only park flyer type electric aircraft or gliders will be
allowed to be flown
at the field.
9) No member or guest will fly any model aircraft at the field
unless it
is identified with the owner/pilots name, address and AMA number
affixed either inside or outside of the model aircraft.
10) As per AMA rules, all flights will be flown in front of
flight line.
11) All flyers will stand in the designated Flight Stations for
all flying including
take off and landings. All take off and landings must be clearly
and loudly
announced prior to initiating such action.
12) No aircraft will be flown closer than 25 feet to any
individual.
13) Spectators will be kept at a minimum of 50 feet from flight
line.
14) Only three aircraft will be allowed in the air at one time.
15) Parking of cars at the field will be only for spectators and
those flying
at field. All parking must be within the defined parking area.
16) Flyers will mark the appropriate channel number on the
flight board
at the field to identify the transmitter band in use by the
flyer. Once flyer
leaves the flight station they will remove their channel marker
from
the flight board. 2.4 GHz transmitters are excluded from the
channel
marking of the flight board.
17) A notice sign will be at the field entrance which will be
used to
inform spectators of risks involved and to proceed to the flying field at
their own risk.
18) All members and spectators will be expected to drive slowly
to the
field to help keep dust down as much as possible and to be
extremely
careful if horses are around. Note – at the present time there
are no horses
in the area of the flying field except at the marked crossings.
19) Each and every member present at the field will adhere to
and enforce
the Rules of this Club.
Amended: 5/18/10 |
