<DIV> Joe that brings up a point I would like to see made into an SOP for all contests. During the pilots breifing before the contest it would help if the CD would announce all the frequency conflicts and have those people talk to each other. Many times you don't even know if there's someone else using your frequency. It's just common sense. Mike<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">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 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></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
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