allot of people don't realize how lucky they are when it comes to their flying field. i learned to fly at the fields back here (described later in the post) and when i moved to California in the mid 90s i thought the world had fallen apart when the only flying field was a dirt lake bed.....nothing like being back home where we've got 3 fields all provided and maintained by the US Army, the smallest being 300'x1500' concrete and the largest 1000'x5000' concrete, all used by full scale helicopters and the only 'restrictions' are you have to listen to the old timers complain about anything faster then their cub.

my sympathies go out to you guys with all the restrictions, or fly from short fields and grass/dirt fields, etc.......

kc