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[Celwin]

A young guy behind the counter at Hobbyrama in Brisbane was telling me he is an Air Cadet and comes to Warwick to fly gliders (real ones). He also flys RC at Amberley at times. He said that there is a big sign on the gate where they drive in to the RAAF field that says models may lose control at any momen without warning. Apparently the new Super Hornets have a radio scrambling device that shuts down any RC device by flooding the frequencies. He was there when a $20k plus twin jet plunged to the ground, completely destroyed, shortly before a FA18 flew past in a circuit. The pilots are supposed to switch off the device before approaching the field, but some forget to do so. Devices like that would be very expensive and I don't know if they'd disable a GPS piloted drone anyway.