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TCRCAM
RULES:
Introductory Comments
One of the
principal reasons our club was incorporated was to provide an
organization which could maintain a suitable flying facility for use
of its members, where the best interests of each member would be
protected by regulations set up for this purpose. The basic premise
of these regulations is safety for all. We ask you to conduct your
activities in accordance with the regulations, in a responsible
manner, with respect for the safety of others.
General Rules:
To Use the Field for Flying, You
Must:
1) Be a member of the TCRCAM in
good standing, or if a guest, be accompanied by a member, holding a
current membership card.
2) Have your valid AMA membership
card on your person or attached in plain sight to your flight box.
Flying Field Regulations:
1. AMA and club rules apply at all
times.
2. All flyers must have a current
AMA membership.
3. No alcoholic beverages are
allowed at the field.
4. No littering including cigarette
butts, rubber bands, broken props, etc.
5. The maximum permitted engine
noise measured at 9 feet from 3 positions will be 99 db at the Far
South field.
6. All transmitters must be placed
in the transmitter impound when not in use. No transmitter shall be
turned on unless the flyer’s membership
card is in the frequency slot and the flyer has the frequency pin.
7. All flyers will be held
responsible for losses caused by improper radio use.
8. Frequency pins should not be
held more than 15 minutes when someone is waiting to fly.
9. No prolonged engine testing in
the pit area. Use the engine test run stand at far eastern end
of the flight line, near the helicopter pad.
10. Flyers must take off and land
from behind the barriers and stand in the pilot box while flying.
11. All aircraft must be restrained
behind the pilot boxes. No taxiing permitted behind the pilot boxes.
No restarting of engines is permitted in front of the pilot boxes.
12. All flying at Far South field
must be done past the far side of the runway. Do not take off or
land if traffic is visible on the road.
13. Flyers will announce and
verbally acknowledge critical flight activities with the following
order of priority: emergency landing, landing, take off and low
pass.
14. Non-powered sailplanes shall be
launched 500 feet from the nearest pilot box.
15. All powered sailplanes and
other hand launched aircraft shall be launched from the runway and
away from pilot boxes.
16. All forward flight of
helicopters shall be performed from the runway and be subject to the
same operating rules as fixed wing aircraft. All extended hovering
shall be performed 500 feet from the nearest pilot box.
17. No more than five aircraft
shall be permitted in the air at the same time except for extended
hovering helicopters in the designated area.
18. Flyers are not permitted to
enter the planting areas of the farm beyond the canal west of the
runway to retrieve downed aircraft. The farm manager must be
notified and he will recover your plane.
19. No flying is permitted before
8:00 AM (10:00 AM on Sunday) at Farsouth field. Electric powered planes are
exempt from these time limits.
Transmitter & Frequency Control:
1) When you arrive at the field,
place your transmitter in the impound area.
2) Your transmitter shall not be
turned on until your membership card has been placed on the Frequency
Control Board. and the frequency pin is in your possession. This must be done whether you are flying or testing
an aircraft.
3) Overlapping of pins is not
permitted under any conditions.
4) As soon as you have completed
your flight (or testing), turn your transmitter off, return your
frequency pin to the Frequency Control Board and retrieve your
membership card. Remember to return your
transmitter to the impound area.
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