50+AirYears thanks for what you said in your letter and I know exactly what you are talking about about 1 bad apple spoiling the bunch let me give you a little background on me so you do not think that I am just blowing smoke I grew up in this hobby as my grandfather owned a hobbyshop locally till he started having health problemtos and was forced to sell the shop I have flown gas airplanes since I was 8 years old and am now 36 I paid the dues at the local club here for years to be able to fly and then just got tired of all the politics and fighting among the members and quit I live in the country here in boise ID and all I wanted to do was to be able to fly so I went about 2 miles from my house and asked the owner of a SOD farm here if I could fly there and he said no problem anyway it was great till last year he let about 10 guys and I fly there with no problems as long as we left no mess and had respect for the area then one guy new to the area went out there one weekend when no one was there and was buzzing the cows and horses in the surrounding fields and we lost all we had worked for to have a public flying field I got frustrated and sold everything that I had all of my gas stuff and 2 years ago I started flying again now electrics only and I am working very hard to make this a sucess this time because there are a lot of guys like me that just want to fly with no stress and just have fun so far the scholls we have set up to fly at are free and the gym time is free in the winter but I know there is going to come a time where it probably won't be but we will cross that bridge when we get to it. I am in the field of construction right now but things are changing because I buy everything for my hobby from the guy who purchased my grandfathers shop and the other day he told me he is ready to retire so I am in the process of getting a business loan to buy the shop back so hopefully in about 6 months I will be a hobby shop owner my life dream all I want to do is keep this hobby alive in this area for the people who for some reason or another can not afford the outragous dues they charge in this area to enjoy flying thanks for your time and taking the time to read this reply

Sincerely

Rick