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Field Rules For Martinson Sod Farm

General:

  1. You must have a current AMA License.

  2. 1991 Qualified Radios are required.

  3. No flying behind the flight line.

  4. Absolutely no alcoholic beverages.

  5. No smoking due to potential fire hazard.

  6. All trash leaves with you.

  7. You must abide by the frequency management plan. (Don’t turn on your transmitter unless you have the correct frequency flag.)

  8. Engine starting, takeoffs, landings, deadsticks, and low passes must be announced.

  9. Direct aircraft blast and exhaust away from other aircraft in the pit, spectators, and pilots.

  10. No takeoffs and landings closer that 20 feet from established pilot stations.

  11. High-speed low altitude passes must stay beyond 50 feet of the established flight line.

  12. Practice low approaches approved for normal runway centerline.

  13. First flights of new or rebuilt aircraft must be announced.

  14. No pets allowed.

  15. Mufflers are required on all engines larger than .09.

  16. Make sure the first aid kit is readily available.

  17. Obey the specific rules provided by the field owner, Larry Martinson.

Helicopters:

  1. The rotor head will be hand held at all times when the engine is started or running in or near the area of fellow flyers (pit area) or spectator areas.

  2. The helicopter must be carried, by the rotor head, to and from the flying area. There will be no hovering into, out of, around, or over the pit or spectator areas.

  3. The helicopter will fly the same general flight pattern as fixed winged aircraft. This includes departures and approaches.

  4. Prolonged hovering over the active runway, and advanced hovering maneuvers (which must be done out of the general flight pattern), may only take place with the mutual consent of the pilots present.

  5. At the end of its flight, the helicopter may be hovered off to the side of the active runway, then shut down.

  6. Hover pad altitude limited to 20 feet.