Club Field Safety Rules
1. All fliers must have a current AMA membership. (Have I.D. card with you.) 2. Visitors must be accompanied by a member in restricted areas. (Flight line, pits, ect..)
3. All children and pets must be under complete and continuous control of an adult.
4. Transmitters must be impounded on the impound table, and equipped with A.M.A. frequency identification, and owners name. DO NOT turn on your transmitter if your frequency is not on the frequency board. Turn transmitter off when you return it to the impound table.
5. All engines must be equipped with a safety nut or spinner and approved noise reduction muffler.
6. Engines are not to be started anywhere but the pits and/or flight line.
7. Planes may only be launched from the designated flying stations along the flight line.
8. There will be NO flying behind the flight line.
9. Dead stick landings have the right away and should be announced and acknowledged by all active fliers on the flight line.
10. It is recommended that you have a spotter.
11. Anyone entering the active flying field to retrieve a plane must announce his or her entrance and exit to the other pilots on the flight line, and should be acknowledged by active flyers. Active fliers will not fly low over the flight line until the pilot exits the field.
12. No one may fly while the field is being mowed or if anyone is working on the active runway.
13. Limit flights to 15 minutes when there are crowded flying conditions.
14. No more than 4 aircraft in the air at one time.
15. Do not taxi in the pits, carry or physically push or pull aircraft to the flight line.
16. No flying before 11:30 am or after dark.(EXCEPTIONS ARE ELECTRIC AIRPLANES CAN FLY FROM 9:30 AM Till AN HOUR BEFORE DUSK)
We also follow the Official A.M.A. National Model Aircraft Code: Model flying MUST be in accordance with this code in order for the A.M.A. liability protection to apply. This code is listed in all the Model Aviation Magazines and is posted at the field.
NOTE: THESE RULES APPLY ALL THE TIME AND TO ALL PILOTS, NO MATTER IF THERE IS 1 PERSON PRESENT OR 100 PEOPLE PRESENT. THEY ARE IN EFFECT 365 DAYS A YEAR. NO EXCEPTIONS, EVER!
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