I saw this sign as I was driving back from downtown Los Angeles the other day, on the 60 Freeway, near the Whittier Narrows Dam area. It was painted on the side of a wall (looked concrete, but I was passing it at about 70 mph, so forgive me if I'm wrong) in huge block letters: Do Not Fly Over The Gun Range. So I'm thinking that there must be a small airport nearby. Okay, after about 30 minutes of Internet searching, I figured it out. Turns out there is a small r/c plane airport nearby, which looks kind of cool on an earth map. It is for both remote controlled and "line controlled" airplanes. It is called "Knights of the Round Circle" and you can check it out here. The airport runway is on one section, then there are small circle areas for the controlled planes. I haven't seen any of those planes in years.
Okay, I really didn't expect to get this deep into my little sign story, to the point where I would go off and try to figure out everything about it, but in the end, my curiosity to to me. Good for the story. So, the sign is there to warn r/c airplane owners not to fly over the gun range. Makes sense. Can you imagine being at that gun range when someone accidentally flies their little plane over? The willpower it must take to not try and shoot at the plane has to be too much for some people. Apparently it is, hence the sign. It'd get kind of dicey if that was to happen.
Okay, I really didn't expect to get this deep into my little sign story, to the point where I would go off and try to figure out everything about it, but in the end, my curiosity to to me. Good for the story. So, the sign is there to warn r/c airplane owners not to fly over the gun range. Makes sense. Can you imagine being at that gun range when someone accidentally flies their little plane over? The willpower it must take to not try and shoot at the plane has to be too much for some people. Apparently it is, hence the sign. It'd get kind of dicey if that was to happen.
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