<DIV>Murphy's Law<BR><BR><B><I>Joe Lachowski <jlachow@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Mike,<BR><BR>That very thing was done at this contest. I ran out the pilots list with <BR>frequencies from the PASS program and just did that, ran down the list of <BR>pilots who shared frequencies and made sure each and every one identified <BR>themselves to each other.<BR><BR>Another thing that creates confusion is pilots changing to another frequency <BR>from that which they preregistered. Make sure you tell the guy running the <BR>computer that you did so if you preregistered in advance. I had 26 pilots <BR>worth of info in the computer ahead of time and discovered at the pilots <BR>meeting that some changes were made. Oh well, no matter what you did, things <BR>are never always fool proof.<BR><BR><BR>>From: "Dean Pappas" <D.PAPPAS@KODEOS.COM><BR>>Reply-To: discussion@nsrca.org<BR>>To: <DISCUSSION@NSRCA.ORG><BR>>Subject: RE: An accident that could have been
averted.<BR>>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:50:07 -0400<BR>><BR>>Great idea Mike,<BR>>That actually was done at this contest.<BR>>Dean<BR>><BR>>-----Original Message-----<BR>>From: discussion-request@nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]On <BR>>Behalf Of mike mueller<BR>>Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:42 PM<BR>>To: discussion@nsrca.org<BR>>Subject: Re: An accident that could have been averted.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Joe that brings up a point I would like to see made into an SOP for all <BR>>contests. During the pilots breifing before the contest it would help if <BR>>the CD would announce all the frequency conflicts and have those people <BR>>talk to each other. Many times you don't even know if there's someone else <BR>>using your frequency. It's just common sense. Mike<BR>><BR>>Joe Lachowski <JLACHOW@HOTMAIL.COM>wrote:<BR>><BR>>This past weekend at a contest, a pilot inadvertently took the wrong pin<BR>>from
the pin board and shot down the pilot on the other flightline. A few<BR>>things here to ponder about when one attends a contest when this situation<BR>>occurs.<BR>><BR>>One - Double cjheck to see that you do have the correct pin.<BR>><BR>>Two - You can't trust the pilots to take the right pin. Someone in the<BR>>impound must directly hand the correct frequency pin to the pilot. At least<BR>>that was resolved immediately after the incident.<BR>><BR>>Three - This one requires everyone being alert of what is going on around<BR>>them and quickly reacting. In this situation the pilot with the wrong pin<BR>>could have turned his radio off when people started yelling to turn off ALL<BR>>radios in use. This pilots plane was in the hands of the caller at that<BR>>time. The pilot who lost his plane made a valiant effort to save his<BR>>plane(on an FM Rx). The amount of time from interference to crashing in the<BR>>trees was more than enough time
to shut ALL radios off. There was <BR>>sufficient<BR>>time for that pilot to save his plane had the other pilot reacted quickly.<BR>><BR>>Enough said.<BR>><BR>>_________________________________________________________________<BR>>Make the most of your family vacation with tips from the MSN Family Travel<BR>>Guide! http://dollar.msn.com<BR>><BR>>=====================================<BR>># To be removed from this list, go to http://www.nsrca.org/discussionA.htm<BR>>and follow the instructions.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> _____<BR>><BR>>Do you Yahoo!?<BR>>Take <BR>><HTTP: maildemo mobile.yahoo.com *http: mobile taglines mail_us us.rd.yahoo.com> <BR>>Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.<BR>><BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>Make the most of your family vacation with tips from the MSN Family Travel <BR>Guide!
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