ORIGINAL: CGRetired
Our club dues are $75.00/year, we have 82 members. Our field is not leased, we have permission from the NJ Department of Forestry to use it, it's a full-scale grass runway that they use for their water tankers during forest fire conditions (we live in the pine barons of southern and central NJ... no it's not all like Newark..
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DS.
CG, which Club do you belong to? And are you flying around the area of Lakehurst NAS? I used to go to Toms River alot until my Father in Law passed away. I'd really like to see your field sometime!
(Might make a nice change from my field)
I pay $100.00 for my dues as well. My Club leases our field from Waste Mgmt (a de-commissioned land fill)in Burlington NJ for a $1.00 a year, and to my knowledge, they have never cashed a single check in the 6 years we have been there, but we are paying for a new mower, so hopefully this will change by next season.
Jester, you'd be surprised at what you'll start picking up for your flight box as you progress in the hobby. A lot of things you can get from extras or spares you may have in the garage (tool wise) and others you just have to keep your eye out for. For instance, I take two kits to the field when I go flying, my regular flight box (fuel bottle, fuel pump (manual), power panel, spare TX/RX batteries, tachometer, plug wrench, hemostats (to work with the fuel tubing), frequency pins, chicken stick, etc) I got from Hobbico. My flight KIT is an old makup case (looks like a miniture metal suitcase) I got from my Daughter when she ran out of the cosmetics it held. It makes a great kit and hold all sorts of stuff (props, tubing, wheels, CA, epoxy, screws, etc) and it was free!
Just look at what your fellow Club members bring with them to the field for a day of flying and make your decisions on what to get from there.
Has anyone told you yet that this gets to be a "little" expensive?..............
Don