I was flying at the park accross the street where I live, the park I fly at two or three times a week, when a Park Ranger approached me and said I couldn’t fly there. I thought he meant THERE: in the spot I was flying, because I had never flown there. So he then says “There are no RC planes allowed in the park.” I said “I fly here all the time and have seen clubs flying internal combustion planes here, too.” I was flying my HobbyZone Super Cub, a park flyer. He said NO RC PLANES at all allowed because of an incident that happened sometime in early May, 2009.
Apparently, a local RC club that had been allowed to fly at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah, the field we fly out of, has been banned from flying there and, with them, every RC plane. The story is that one of their members flew a nitro airplane into a tree and, instead of getting a ladder or using some reasonable method to retrieve the aircraft, cut the tree down with a chainsaw. Now no one can fly there.
That sucks since there are NO PUBLIC FIELDS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. If pilots fuck things up for others like this, we won’t be able to fly anywhere but private club-owned fields.
on Jun 22nd, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Yeah it sucks.Just this morning I was ready to fly my nextar when the ranger told me that i could not fly there but i seen people flying before, anyways I did not even ask why load my plane and left the park. Now if the tree was the fricking problem why they just did ‘nt fine that person or the club for that matter.Not allowing anyone to fly there is just wrong,is there something we can do to change that ? It sucks that we cant fly in Miami Dade public parks. All responsable pilots should join to resolve this problem.
on Jun 22nd, 2009 at 3:02 PM
I think if a group of us show up to the park office and ask nicely, we can get the privileges back. It takes more than one voice. Join the conversation on RCGroups.com here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1058836
on Jul 22nd, 2009 at 12:37 PM
hello guys, im looking for a place to fly. i used to be a member of a private club, but due to problems with the new admin. i decided to walk away.
if u could let me know to wasapmaselli@hotmail.com
on Jul 22nd, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Andy, Markham Park in Sunrise has a lot of space and a paved runway. You just need your AMA license to fly there.
Or you could fly at the FIU parking lot in SW Miami. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12376428&postcount=25
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1058836
Also, what club did you belong to?