David
Our field was a subdivision with a paved road thru the middle and no houses. Now there are houses and we found another wanna-be subdivision about 3 miles out of Mt Sterling. So far it is all farm land and a 3/4 mile long paved road thru the middle. We went to some of the shows at Lexington Model Airplane Club (LMAC)'s field at the dump on the Clark-Fayette County line and we may have to join there to be able to fly in the near future. (I'm talking R/C). But I can fly C/L at the house in the back yard. I grew up flying C/L and I still enjoy it.
Lew Mcfarland sold me my first plane in this area years ago. His new store is only about a mile from Hobbytown usa in Lexington. He is on Goldrush Road now and I try to get over to his place for supplies about once a month. He hasn't been there the last couple of times I went. I know his wife was very sick and he may have been with her.
I grew up with the Ringmaster faamily of planes and they were good. I never went to the contests but there wasn't much I couldn't do with a plane. That is why I want to get back into the C/L sport. I don't have to drive all over creation to find a flying site and it is getting tiring loading planes and all the stuff that goes with them. I began flying at the farm I had off a grass (pasture) field, but it got too rough when I moved to the larger more powerful planes. I didn't need AMA or insurance for there because if I DID hit a cow, it was mine. I had about 1600 acres I could fly over.
I'm looking at a TWISTER. I want 42-48 inch span that I can use a .40 size motor on. 62 to 65 foot lines. I might even convert one of my R/C planes to C/L. But it has a .60 engine on it.
Marion County, huh? That's in between E-town and Lexington. South of the parkway around Lebanon. Been there.
By the way, I'm at work and as long as nothing breaks I'm usually online here at RCU.
RWCherry
Sharpsburg KY