Flying Field Pics...........
03-07-2004, 01:21 AM
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ORIGINAL: sideshow
Got 6 flights on the jet today.....8000' x 200'
Pic is from a U2.
Got 6 flights on the jet today.....8000' x 200'
Pic is from a U2.
] and it' grass (or mud)
03-07-2004, 03:20 AM
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Kmot,
You can still see that garbage can with the plane sticking out (lower right) of it along with about ten more on any given day at the Basin. Some things never seem to change.
Kmot,
You can still see that garbage can with the plane sticking out (lower right) of it along with about ten more on any given day at the Basin. Some things never seem to change.
03-07-2004, 08:09 AM
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Runover,
Do you have a hard time fitting your planes in the back of your horse buggy?
Runover,
Do you have a hard time fitting your planes in the back of your horse buggy?
Why don't the Amish stop at 4 way stop sign intersections?
Because horses can't read.
The funniest is Amish kids on rollerblades and a horse and buggy at the drive-thru ATM machine.
03-08-2004, 08:46 AM
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Hey runover1 I love the Pennsylvania landacapes, we go up their to Lancaster every other year to see the amish people, I will have to come check you guys out sometime(and might bring my plane if you guys would host me for a afternoon). Meanwhile all the fields are beautiful guys please post some more I believe the whole rcuniverse crowd enjoys looking at the variety of fields
if you guys would host me for a afternoon). Meanwhile all the fields are beautiful guys please post some more I believe the whole rcuniverse crowd enjoys looking at the variety of fields
03-08-2004, 01:56 PM
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Hey guys here are some pics of one of our mountain fields,,, McDowell Sport Flyer's in Marion, NC.. The field is among the all the beautiful mountains....
03-08-2004, 03:22 PM
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Hey runover1 I love the Pennsylvania landacapes, we go up their to Lancaster every other year to see the amish people, I will have to come check you guys out sometime(and might bring my plane if you guys would host me for a afternoon). Meanwhile all the fields are beautiful guys please post some more I believe the whole rcuniverse crowd enjoys looking at the variety of fields
Hey runover1 I love the Pennsylvania landacapes, we go up their to Lancaster every other year to see the amish people, I will have to come check you guys out sometime(and might bring my plane
if you guys would host me for a afternoon). Meanwhile all the fields are beautiful guys please post some more I believe the whole rcuniverse crowd enjoys looking at the variety of fields
This is stirring something in me that I have wanted to see for a long time. I would like to see if the R/C mags would host an article on the 100 best flying fields in the USA. What do you guys think?
03-08-2004, 04:08 PM
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Hi Guys - Yes, I agree that you guys have some beautiful fields out there. We just fly on a nice grass strip here in Findlay Ohio. Don't have a picture here at, uh, um, ?ork to share.
I did want to ask one thing and it kind of goes along with Runover1's comments. I have a thread going in Question and Answers. I asked for anyone who could determine the coordiantes of their field to let me know. Well I just checked my little Excel file and have the coordinates for the center of the runway(s) of 687 clubs. This included the Latitude and Longitude with Elevation. I then have the Clubs name, closest town, and State info as well as a link to their website, a link to an Aerial Image, a link to the local weather for each, AMA or other numbers, and what kind of runway surface, etc etc. It's all saved in an Excel file which can be directly imported into programs like MSN's Streets and Trips. That way, when your getting ready to go on vacation, you can look up what fields are closest along the route as well as those at your destination.
I used every AMA link for clubs they had as well as the one list of clubs Tower has online. I've now got them all saved as waypoints in my GPS in the car as well, very cool. Once and awhile my wife will ask where were headed on a weekend trip, I just shrug my shoulders, say "I don't know", and we mysteriously end up at a new field and get to visit
What I need now is help in finding all of those fields that don't have websites.
I'm going to take a sample of the data to the Toledo Show next month and talk to Mark and the guys at RCU to see if it would be possible to post it some how. I envision one of those maps you see on vacation once and awhile where you get to stick a pin in for your home town. If you look at the map and don't see a stick pin for you field, e-mail me with the info and I'll get the pin stuck in the map for you.
If the RCU guys aren't interested, or simply can't do it due to software limits, I might visit with Tower or somebody and see what they have to say.
Does this sound interesting to anyone else out there, or should I just keep it to myself?
I don't want to take away from this thread and the wonderful direction it is headed so either PM me or I am imcluding a link to my thread in Questions and Answers.
[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_471270/mpage_1/key_latitude/anchor/tm.htm#471270]What's the Latitude and Longitude of your Field[/link]
I love these pictures. I was actually able to find the field at "Fort Bend" by some of the info on one of the pictures and now have it added to my little database, just missing a web link.
I did want to ask one thing and it kind of goes along with Runover1's comments. I have a thread going in Question and Answers. I asked for anyone who could determine the coordiantes of their field to let me know. Well I just checked my little Excel file and have the coordinates for the center of the runway(s) of 687 clubs. This included the Latitude and Longitude with Elevation. I then have the Clubs name, closest town, and State info as well as a link to their website, a link to an Aerial Image, a link to the local weather for each, AMA or other numbers, and what kind of runway surface, etc etc. It's all saved in an Excel file which can be directly imported into programs like MSN's Streets and Trips. That way, when your getting ready to go on vacation, you can look up what fields are closest along the route as well as those at your destination.
I used every AMA link for clubs they had as well as the one list of clubs Tower has online. I've now got them all saved as waypoints in my GPS in the car as well, very cool. Once and awhile my wife will ask where were headed on a weekend trip, I just shrug my shoulders, say "I don't know", and we mysteriously end up at a new field and get to visit
What I need now is help in finding all of those fields that don't have websites.I'm going to take a sample of the data to the Toledo Show next month and talk to Mark and the guys at RCU to see if it would be possible to post it some how. I envision one of those maps you see on vacation once and awhile where you get to stick a pin in for your home town. If you look at the map and don't see a stick pin for you field, e-mail me with the info and I'll get the pin stuck in the map for you.
If the RCU guys aren't interested, or simply can't do it due to software limits, I might visit with Tower or somebody and see what they have to say.
Does this sound interesting to anyone else out there, or should I just keep it to myself?
I don't want to take away from this thread and the wonderful direction it is headed so either PM me or I am imcluding a link to my thread in Questions and Answers.
[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_471270/mpage_1/key_latitude/anchor/tm.htm#471270]What's the Latitude and Longitude of your Field[/link]
I love these pictures. I was actually able to find the field at "Fort Bend" by some of the info on one of the pictures and now have it added to my little database, just missing a web link.
03-08-2004, 04:53 PM
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RE: RE: Flying Field Pics...........
Here's an old aerial photo of the Low Gap Flying Club, thanks to the U.S. Geological Survey
Our website address. http://www.lowgapflyingclub.com
Our website address. http://www.lowgapflyingclub.com
03-08-2004, 09:49 PM
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OK, now that I'm home I can get to a couple pictures that will kind of give you an idea of our Field, it's pretty wide open.
Flying Circuits, Findlay, Ohio - Your All Welcome
-83.595617 Longitude 41.114417 Latitude 794ft Elevation
Flying Circuits, Findlay, Ohio - Your All Welcome
-83.595617 Longitude 41.114417 Latitude 794ft Elevation
03-09-2004, 01:22 AM
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Man, you guys with no trees in view are making me jealous....this is the home of the WCRCAF...if you look closely, you can see the runway in the shadows of the trees near the centre of the first picture...gives some idea of how close/tall they are.
03-09-2004, 09:22 AM
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That Ohio field is great guys, it has beautiful grass it is just awesome with the old barns in the background( I like old antique things).. Here is a couple of pics of the Johnston County Aeromodelers field that is about 20 miles form Goldsboro NC, and my field.. keep the pics coming guys everyone on RcUniverse is enjoying..
03-09-2004, 10:06 AM
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As soon as I win the Lottery one of the trips I want to take is with a trailer full of planes driving around the country visiting flying fields. This thread makes me want to do it more. Laptop and cellphone modem,GPutts list and GPS and you could arrange on here to stop by many places as you go. Heck I'd even drive to fly at Philly's field!
03-09-2004, 12:08 PM
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This field has been used by our club, Clarksburg Model Aviation Club, West Virginia, for almost 35 years. It is an old recovered coal strip mine.
Picture #1: Satellite photo
Picture #2: Taken by me from a hotair balloon
Picture #3: Ground view
Picture #4: Taken by me from a Cesna 172
Picture #1: Satellite photo
Picture #2: Taken by me from a hotair balloon
Picture #3: Ground view
Picture #4: Taken by me from a Cesna 172
03-09-2004, 01:50 PM
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Brand new opened this past January BARKS (Burlington-Alamance Radio Kontrol Society) field in Swepsonville, NC. Just south of Graham, NC
550' long by 75' wide grass (Bermuda) runway, gravel parking, sun shelter. Benches and tables to be built later this Spring.
This is our second field. It's located on a 500 acre landfill and we have exclusive use of the area.
The field was developed with the assistance of Joe Beshar, AMA Field Committee, and the generous support of our County's legislators.
That tower in the background is well more than 1/4 mile off one end of the runway and we've checked for "strange" RF signals. None found.
550' long by 75' wide grass (Bermuda) runway, gravel parking, sun shelter. Benches and tables to be built later this Spring.
This is our second field. It's located on a 500 acre landfill and we have exclusive use of the area.
The field was developed with the assistance of Joe Beshar, AMA Field Committee, and the generous support of our County's legislators.
That tower in the background is well more than 1/4 mile off one end of the runway and we've checked for "strange" RF signals. None found.
03-09-2004, 02:40 PM
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I remember seeing a flying field in Lexington, KY while flying over in a FS aircraft. They had a paved runway and an awesome pavillion. It was on a landfill where they too had exclusive rights. Let me see if I can remember the link.
http://www.lmacky.org/ There you go!
http://www.lmacky.org/ There you go!
