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Old 01-25-2009, 05:48 PM
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Hi, I just wondered if there is a flying field or good place to fly nitro planes in the twentynine palms, joshua tree, wonder valley area? Thanks, Larry
Old 01-25-2009, 05:53 PM
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Hi, I just wondered if there is a flying field or good place to fly nitro planes in the twentynine palms, joshua tree, wonder valley area? Thanks, Larry

If you are anywhere close to El Mirage dry lake bed, you have miles of open flat land with which to fly That is where I used to fly when I lived in Southern Cali....
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There is a dry lake off Hwy 62 towards J-Tree (south side). After the college and before the CHP station. Turn down the street with the animal hospital and small airport.
Nothing formal, not club or AMA requirements
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I am staying over in Banning/Beaumont area. It blows about 80% of the time here. I go to events west of you at Gillman Springs and San Timiteo Canyon.

The reason there is no organized club in MarineTown, is that it blows 98% of the time (which is why they got those windmills near Whitewater). The club blew away, same as the flying site, and they are out chasing it now.

Came upon a modeler who lived in Indio two years ago via here, he was about to move to Thermal (Ugh, where it is really hot).


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Thanks for the info. Appreciate it or any other that comes in. I have a "homestead cabin" (meaning shed or shack with no windows, doors, and a leaky roof) in Wonder Valley and I am looking to come down and do some flying from my place here in Salt Lake City. I did hear about the wind but didn't know it was that bad. I do prefer just a place to fly in the boonies but would like to meet some fellow flyers as its always more fun that way, not to mention safer.
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There is a very active club out of the Palm Desert area with a nice paved field in Indio.
Search AMA to find the specifics.
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I have been at Whitewater when the wind was blowing so strong that it was difficult just to stand up ( I think that it wouldn't be so bad if they would turn off those giant fans) . By the time that I got home in J-Tree the wind was dead calm, and vice versa. The mountains and deserts do strange things with the wind
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At one time I did quite abit of flying from a small dry lake just one mile north of the Twentynine Palms Highway on lear Rd. This is in an area where there are a lot of homestad cabins, Lear Rd is six miles west of twentynine palms.

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By the way there is no major wind problem at 29 no more than any other desert area. Whitewater and the banning pass the area with all the windmills is two mountain ranges south west of 29 and has an entirely different micro climate. That at whitewater is caused by the biggest natural funnel in california known as the banning pass.

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Hi, I'm about to get back into R/C planes again and am living on base in Twentynine Palms. I'd love to have some inspiration. I want to get a trainer to make sure I haven't lost my flying ability (been about 15 years since flying model planes). I also want to fulfill my dream of building a giant scale P-51, though I probably won't fly it any time soon.

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