He says he's been working with radio-controlled models for some 20 years. A third flyer, a novice, brings his plane back in after only a few passes. I've only got one model. I've got to be careful. In regard to crashes, Terry says he's been flying model planes for 10 years and has had only one midair collision.
Equipment goes bad.
Somebody gets in the way. But mostly you just have near misses up there. Every once in a while an accident occurs when one pilot uses another pilot's radio frequency, sending the wrong signals to the wrong plane. Terry says that is rare, since individual frequencies are assigned out. Both Terry and Ross say a visitor should come around on weekends, when some of the bigger-plane operators come out and show off their stuff.