by Chris W Apr 19, 2006 at 11:51 AM



I used to fly RC planes at a park that was with in 3 miles of KOKC.
When the real planes flew over, they were higher than the RC planes.
However, the typical traffic patters didn't bring planes over the park,
so it was pretty rare to have one directly over head. I wonder if the
controllers saw us on radar? The engine was the only thing in most
planes that would reflect radar and they aren't very big. Anyway, no
one from the FAA ever came by to complain and we used to fly there on a
pretty regular basis. There were kids flying kites at that same park, as
I recall the RC planes were usually quite a bit higher than the kites,
however there was this one time an RC helicopter impacted a kite, the
kite's death was instantaneous, the helicopter died shortly after, when
it fell to the ground. I'm sure it was a spectacular impact, but I
didn't turn my head quick enough to see it



The kite caused the helo to crash???? Do you have an NTSB number or date?
I'd love to read about that one.

I re-read those FAA regs. I wonder who at the FAA I need to contact to
get permission to fly a kite over 250 feet. Do they have a division of
kite compliance? Who the hell would enforce it, esp since they don't
enforce minimums for the planes.

Man, I hope Boyer doesn't "take on" the poor kid who gets a kite for his
birthday, and unwittingly breaks the FARs.