MolokaiBoy
Veteran
Location: Kailua-Kona,Hawaii USA
| smiliar probs here in hawaiiWhen i was just flying planes most of the members in our clubs attitude towards me were very pleasant. As soon as I got a heli or two, attitudes from some members towards me were slightly different. They'd come up and check out my planes and ask questions and very pleasant to talk to. Now that I fly helis its different, I see and hear the attitudes that the plane pilots have when they see one of us heli guys pull out our heli. I've mentioned it to a few plane pilots and they say "no we don't have a problem with you heli guys," or "well we can't land when you're hovering over the runway." Things like that bothers me being that if I hovered my plane over the runway no one ever told me I couldn't do that. See the difference!!
Its like what the planes do in the same area as helis is acceptable by them. But lo and behold if a heli were to do the same thing, people get upset. As for the type of members that give attitudes to us heli guys at our field, there the older members of the club; not all the older members of the club do it but the ones that do are older. They like to come over and see what kind of heli we got, electronics, power plants etc., there curious to see whats in a heli, and how it works so forth. But when were ready to go up, or already up in the air that's when the attitudes start coming our way. The way I see it, if I'm paying my club dues like everyone else, abide by AMA and Club rules I should be able to fly whatever I want to fly. Our club isn't called Airplane Club, so why discriminate us heli pilots. I just want the respect on the field I deserve just like the respect I show towards them. When there landing I make sure to stay clear of there path to the runway.
Anyways to make a short story long.......hehehe
Aloha
MolokaiBoy
Les
Where am I?? |
if it flys, its welcome... In over 40years noone has been hurt bad, ALL have been hurt more seriouly playn sports or just workn, playn than have been hurt at the flyn field 
. Yes we still welcome anyone wants help and ask [male or female], EVEN with our lax rules. If you are obveously so stoopid you are a danger, even we wont allow you to fly with us 
I have, over the years, been in a couple different clubs and know MANY pilots from other clubs and in ALL cases it always boils down to 'club leadrs' and the frkn politics. I never had as much fun and help as I get when 'our gang' gets together and have a fun day of flyn. sure we talk about each other but we do it face to face and have a good laugh, no back biten.... GAWD ! we do it for fun not the approval of others.. but thats just me, and Im funny that way....( SHUT UP shuttlepilot !)
