Safety Comes First - 2005/04

THE TIME HAS come to address the
dangers of indoor RC blimps. We must begin
to put pressure on the operators of these
models, given the gravity of the situation.
Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) fliers make inflated
claims of harmlessness of their craft, but I
refuse to make light of the helium issue and
allow them to simply float through life.
This is a weighty matter, and the LTA
crowd’s arguments won’t hold air. There
have been bloated reports of trouble, and I’m
not just Macon this up. I am reminded that
blimps are Akron-ic problem here in Los
Angeles every time I Z-1.

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