CMC Day 1786 Greg Egan -chatting with property owner Ivan Waters about matters engineering NB. Ian's Yarra Glenn grazing property has a private airstrip on it. Ivan owns and flys his own aircraft and graciously makes his facilities available to members of the Croydon Aero Club. 1820 spaciousness of the area (NB safety) 1821 Ray take-off on mission (note grass light aircraft strip and surrounding grazing land). 1822 LH & GKE Foreground - Owner's light aircraft Taxing bground 1825 LH & Ray Cooper fground -awaiting clearance -Ivan Waters take-off bground 1849 Draw attention to the safety zone in the background pavilion tents for scouts with yellow SAFETY barrier surrounding. 1855 Brian & Ray -- testing BT's auto stablisation & altitude hold system BT has designed and built auto stablisation & altitude hold system for UAV's --- effective enough to hold aircraft level on landing -- all that is required of the pilot is to keep the craft aligned with the center of the runway. A very significant aid and safety feature for both R/C and UAV pilots and ground crew who need take over manual control of landings. 1857 Aerobatic pilot jet - instructs on the importance of pre-flight safety checks prior to engine start-up. 1759 ..instruction on the all important pre-flight tests check routine of the transmitter. The frequency board. The pilots frequency key. Key in the frequency board...BEFORE switch on your transmitter. Pre-flight check response and direction of all flight control services. Range check. 1763 "in groups of 6, scouts receive instruction. "... on r/c aircraft basics 1772 NB. instruction over -scouts behind barrier ---taxiing for take-off 1775 Erection of observers area -note yellow safety barrier Give GKE's 'concerns'..this is a key SAFETY image and should be placed early in the sequence (perhaps FIRST) Before we see owners aircraft landing (this is a private airstrip) or any of the set-ups for RC flying. 1776 Clear for take-off !