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<P>A half-scale remote-control airplane collided with a real aircraft over a
Colorado airport last weekend. While there were no injuries, the incident
exposed the growing tension between pilots and model aircraft enthusiasts and
their ever-larger RC aircraft.</P>
<P>The collision between the real and $8,000, 46% giant-scale remote-control
aircraft occurred on August 14th at a small airport in Brighton, Colo., outside
Denver. As you can see in the video below, the RC plane is hovering above the
runway ten to 30 feet from the ground in a vertical position, with spectators
nearby. Suddenly, a single-engine biplane goes for a low pass over the runway
and splits the RC craft in half. The full-scale aircraft suffered "significant"
damage, but was able to land. You can see the original video, which has now been
taken down from YouTube, here:</P>
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alt="VIDEO: Crash Of RC Plane Into Real One Sparks Dogfight Over Air Rights"
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<P>Here's how the owner of the RC plane describes it on the <EM><A
href="http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56082">Flying
Giants</A></EM> enthusiast forum:</P>
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<P>Ok Slick bro's ya ready for this $hit. Bad news. The Slick is dead !! She
was hit by a full size Pitts Special, Iv got pics & video I will be
uploading real soon, Cory, and me went to do a demo for a childrens charity
event at a real airport, and I was hovering on the deck and down comes a full
size Pitts , dude and his wife were flying in it, and he procedes to do a high
speed on the deck pass without clearing with the flight boss and wham !! He
made an emergency landing, leadingedge of his bottom wing has a 1'X1' foot
dent, and is not flyable. Dumbass could have killed himself and his wife
pulling crap like that, No clearance with control whatso ever, and all I got
was im sorry. Now im out $8000.00, but I got an apology which is worth
nothing,</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Blame for the incident hasn't been officially set, but there's an ongoing FAA
investigation and an <A
href="http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/02_28KT.txt">initial
report</A> about the collision with the plane, which was a two-passenger,
single-engine Acroduster biplane according <A
href="http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=28KT">to
the FAA</A>.</P>
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width=500></A></P>
<P>"The event last Saturday took place at a private airfield. At a minimum they
could have filed a NOTAM (Notice to Airman) alerting pilots of radio controlled
operations at the airport during specific times, and if they were to allow those
operations on or near the runway, the runway could have been closed," said FAA
spokesman Allen Kenitzer. "In all cases with regard to radio controlled aircraft
interfacing with manned vehicles, the manned vehicle retains the right of
way."</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>