Flying Field "Do's and Don'ts
The field is now open for flying, and just want to remind members about the safety practices and the T L C for the grass, to keep Zanders happy.
Please have your MAAC membership card for 2006 with you when you go flying.
All safety rules must be adhered to. (eg. no flying over
the pit area or behind the flight line) to name just two.
IMPORTANT: The MAAC insurance stipulates that you must
adhere to the safety rules, or will could find that you are not covered, and
in an extremely serious financial predicament if you had to claim!!! You may
be the greatest pilot in the world, but if you have a mechanical failure
through no fault of your own, you will be deemed to be flying negligently
and will not be insured!!!
Please do not set up, fuel, start your aircraft on the grass. Please use an absorbent mat, min. size two feet x three feet (2'x3'). Spilt fuel causes grass burns and loss to Zander's revenues and reputation.
Please have a pin available with your frequency number. Frequency boards will be set up for you to use. So please put pin on board before turning on or fueling up your plane.
Never, ever drive on the field if the ground is soft enough to leave tire marks, even in the unsodded ground. The grooves you leave can cause significant damage to Zander's mowers (they use the unsodded areas to turn around), which would make Zanders extremely unhappy and unlikely to allow us back onto their fields in the future.
Having talked to Rob. the Zanders field foreman, we can use the field south of the school, the one we were using last year, until they start to take up the sod, then we will be able to use the big field with the access road down the middle at the 10th and the Tottenham Rd.
At the "school field" please set up etc. on the dirt not the grass. At the "big field" please set up etc. on the road.
Rob was most adamant about this so please do as he asks to ensure good relations with Zanders, and our club continuing to have the best flying sites, period!
I would like to thank all members in advance for following these few simple rules. So now go flying and have fun.
Shawn King. Field & Safety Officer. (May 2006)