Hallo ChillyDL,

Could you please link where this mechanical edit has been discussed?

Where is leisure=pit documented? Or did you mean pitch?
"The sport=free_flying attribute should always be used in combination with another (physical) feature that describes the location, in this case the takeoff or landing site as an area with leisure=pitch."? 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:sport%3Dfree_flying

How did you make sure, sport=free_flying is not yet attached to another ohysical feature?

Thanks and enjoy your weekend!
Metzor
