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<DIV>I believe I have had 13 in my RC life if I include hitting a free flight
and a kite string. I didn't count hitting a table way out in the middle of
Sepelveda Basin with nothing around it but space.</DIV>
<DIV>The good news is my insurance company wrote me a nice check on the last one
that occurred at a contest up north a few years ago. We tried to get our
respective insurers to pay each other for being liable. My company said
there was no negligence so no liability, but there was a clause covering
aircraft damage. It meant damage to my house due to aircraft but it didn't
say that so they paid. It's worth a try next time you have a
mid-air.</DIV>
<DIV>Jim O</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 14, 2005 1:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Curious About Mid Air
Collisions</DIV>
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<DIV>I have witnessed 6 in my 35 years, and only four of those in
Pattern. One was last year at the Nats where I was judging F3A.</DIV>
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<DIV>One of those non-pattern "events" happened to me way back when I was a
pup. Some little flitting dart went through the outboard section of the
Telemaster wing. I was helping a guy fly the Telemaster when zip---1/3rd panel
gone. The Telemaster flew quite well on 2/3rds of a wing landing without
further incident. The dart came through nearly without a scratch.</DIV>
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<DIV>One of the Pattern mishaps happened about 4 yrears ago at the D3 DC at
Ron Van Putte's field. The models looked like they barely touched one another.
Yet when Lamar brought his down his wing tube was bent quite severely. It
surprised me how much damage for how slight a touch. These models pack
terrific energy when in full flight</DIV>
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<DIV>MattK</DIV>
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<DIV> In a message dated 2/14/2005 3:24:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
rcaerobob@cox.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Yeah,
Bryan - what's the common denominator, here? Could we form an
un-correlated hypothesis about "reasons mid-airs occur" ????
<BR><VBG><BR><BR>BOb P.<BR>> <BR>> From:
<brianyemail-nsrca@yahoo.com><BR>> Date: 2005/02/14 Mon PM 03:05:23
EST<BR>> To: discussion@nsrca.org<BR>> Subject: Re: Curious About Mid
Air Collidions<BR>> <BR>> Keith....you have actually witnessed all
these mid airs?<BR>> <BR>> I have seen 4 in 15 years flying, and
2 were mine.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Keith Black
<tkeithb@comcast.net> wrote:<BR>> > #7. Mid air in
Nederland<BR>> <BR>> Mike, you're correct, that is another I was
present for. Seems like there are still others I've forgotten.<BR>>
<BR>> BTW, the "fellow from LA" said he had been involved in three (I
think) mid airs at Nederland. I don't think he'll be back.<BR>>
<BR>> Revised List (in order):<BR>> <BR>> 1. Brian Young
& Bobby Zikes - planes totaled - Dallas <BR>> 2. Lance Van Nostrand
& Ron Bar - planes saved - Hot Springs<BR>> 3. Mark Hunt & David
Cotton - planes totaled - Temple (I think)<BR>> 4. BW Ponder &
Sean McClain - planes totaled - NATS<BR>> 5. Nat Penton & "fellow
from LA" - one plane totaled, one moderate damage, repairable -
Nederland, TX<BR>> 6. Gray Fowler & Paul Villarrubia - planes
saved - Dallas<BR>> 7. Keith Black & Art Wagner - planes totaled -
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