You may have seen a news article about a fatal model plane accident in Spain earlier this month. A man was walking out to retrieve his model at a well established club when he was hit on the head by a large turbine powered model coming in to land. He was killed instantly by his best friend of many years.
The BMFA have advised all clubs to be aware that this was an entirely preventable accident. If the man had called “retrieving” or the other pilot had called “landing”, the accident would not have happened.
Whilst we fly much smaller models, there is still a lesson to be learned. Our club guidance for both RC and CL pilots is on the website and linked to from every calendar entry – see example below.
Outdoor Model Flying – Impington Village College Model Aeroplane Club (bmfa.uk)