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ORIGINAL: combatpigg

I think of my non AMA flying sites like some would think of their favorite fishing holes. OK to share with a select few, but not a good idea to broadcast.
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ORIGINAL: ira d

I think having a sub forum of the clubhouse forum to discuss flying sites may be
a good idea and I think RCU should open one for a 60 day trial.

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ORIGINAL: STLPilot

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ORIGINAL: ira d

I think having a sub forum of the clubhouse forum to discuss flying sites may be
a good idea and I think RCU should open one for a 60 day trial.

Why doesn't, at the very least, someone start a single thread first and let the discussion begin. Typically I see new subforums being established after, at the very least, one discussion thread is born. Instead of talking about having RCU create the forum, why doesn't someone just start the dialogue? In the time we've taken RCU to establish something we've never seen necessary, would could have spent it talking about the actual subject.

Besides, it's not like RCU is going to have a subforum under the subforum for each flying site that is non AMA. Those forums are left for the clubs own site.

But I bet the admin's will have to double up their exposure on that thread or forum if it's created. Can't get a civil or helpful discussion going in a established group like the AMA, let alone a bunch of clubbers from rebel and rouge clubs.

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ORIGINAL: STLPilot

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ORIGINAL: ira d

I think having a sub forum of the clubhouse forum to discuss flying sites may be
a good idea and I think RCU should open one for a 60 day trial.

Why doesn't, at the very least, someone start a single thread first and let the discussion begin. Typically I see new subforums being established after, at the very least, one discussion thread is born. Instead of talking about having RCU create the forum, why doesn't someone just start the dialogue? In the time we've taken RCU to establish something we've never seen necessary, would could have spent it talking about the actual subject.

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ORIGINAL: littlecrankshaf

<snip> You say there aren’t any examples…Hmmm… but there most definitely are. One of the more famous also happens to have one of the largest threads on RCU...Sepulveda Basin. So no point for you...once again you miss the mark. Even the Northside Park has been discussed here often but oh well you don't seem to remember much. Hmmm....maybe we can even talk about Central Park if you ever deliver what you promised....BTW how is that going???…we have been patiently waiting for the updates you promised.

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ORIGINAL: abel_pranger


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Maybe rather than waiting for the ponds in Central Park to freeze over during August, let's see if we can start something. I'll go first:

*When I'm in N coastal FL, one of my favorite places to fly PFs and small helis is in a small community park with a few picnic tables, kiddie playgrounds and Little league and Peewee baseball fields. There is a good sized paved overflow parking lot, opened to vehicles only during ball games. It is surrounded by trees that provide a good windbreak, so is great for slow-flyers even when windy above the tree line. Any time I have been there to fly I've had the lot all to myself, though parks personnel sometimes stop to watch.

*Also in FL, there are several places I can fly sailplanes at the beach - just a small bluff or dune located as far as possible from the parking lots is needed, so there are no pesky obstacles like people and dogs. Twenty miles from the coast, a few days per year helping some friends mow and bale hay returns to me anytime access for most anything I want to fly the rest of the year.

*In SoCal I belong to clubs, the nearest and nicest club site to home unfortunately under the domination of a control freak BOD for several years (on the bright side, they are finally fading away). When I started using LiPos they were promptly banned at the club site, so I took them to work with with me on a military reservation which happens to have the finest beach bluffs for slope soaring anywhere, and that includes famous Torrey Pines. Restricted access means I can fly there with rarely another soul in sight during lunch breaks. I fly slope soarers when the wind is up, electrics when it isn't - with the blessing of the CO and no concern that flying an unpowered glider over any property controlled by the city of San Diego is a misdemeanor.

*Other pristine sloping sites in SoCal that I can either have all to myself or share with a couple friends include a winery on the N slope of Mt Palomar that is owned by a GF's family, and many other fine sites in the same Transverse Range that are isolated by virtue of the ruggedness of access roads. A 4WD Expedition is my good buddy for getting me to those sites.

*The vast Sonora desert is about 1 1/2 - 2 hrs due E depending on whether I take the scenic or express routes. Mostly BLM owned and huge dry lakes wide open to any anything I would dare to fly. One site has permanent FAA altitude clearance to 25K ft, for rockets and whatever else one might bring. Open camping, open fires okay, only facilities provided are open spaces; ain't that enough?

Next, where do you fly at times when the bother of dealing with Deputy Fife types outweighs the pleasures of flying with an organized club?

Abel