My house to our field 1 hr each way... My house to Waco field 2 hrs each way.. I tend to go to Waco more to fly jets cause the Dallas guys come down for the day.. Half way for all of us, good meeting spot to fly and awsom field.


Danno
Austin, Tx

Hi all,
I live in Yokohama in Japan.
There are three small lacal airports which can enjoy to RC jet .
The nearest one is about 100mi away 2.5hrs drive from Yokohama, most distant one is about 400mi
7hrs drive [:@] little bit crazy i think.


Japanese RC jet Pilot

20 miles to our local club field that has a 400 foot paved runway. 40 and 60 miles to the closest small airports that allow us to fly and have long runways. Funny, my first few jet flights I thought I had to have the longer runways but the 400 foot one isn't that bad after you get your mind set to it's deminsons.

about 2hrs each way...

In Tucson where I live our local field is 17 miles. But I am the only one to fly jets there. The field I do fly at is 31.2 miles from my home, several jet guys there. About 1 hour. Not to bad compared to some of you.

Stan

Hi All

I'll be heading out to a local dry lake bed once I and a few buddies finish our turbines. Around 45 min away. Nothing to burn, except for what we bring with us. No AMA waivers, no field police.

FOD could be a problem without a good system.

Steve

Less than 10 miles to a very nice county facility. Runway is "only" 600' x 50' (asphalt), which is great for most .. but not all .. jets.

For "heavy jets" it would be 3 hrs drive to Floyd Bennett in NY or Fentress in VA.

Dave

Charles,

PBRCA field in Delray if your jet is small and it floats well (water on both ends of the runway, but that is supposedly going to be addressed shortly), then Mayham Park in Ft. Lauderdale. The Makos in Homesteadis next, and then Orlando.

Beave

For you guys that drive 1+ hours, I'm wondering how often you do it? Is it an every weekend thing?

What is considered to be a good amount of turbine flying? Like I was saying in another post, Ive managed to get in just over a dozen flights (maybe 5 or 6 full days) in a 3 month period. Although that doesn't seem like much.

Pete

We go every weekend, unless it is windy. We have 3+ hours driving round trip so gas was getting to be an issue, much better now....

I admit that I would only do a few flights on any given day but I am getting to the point where I am flying more. My son on the other hand is burning kero like it is going out of style....The dang kid flys better than his old man, the teacher has become the student.

bevar

Thanks for that info! I'll have to check it out. Are they taking new members?

The "water," can you fly off of it?

Charles

Charles in RI-

This will be your best bet (see link below) for flying jets down that way. I used to belong to this club and they are a great bunch of guys.

-Sean

http://tcrcam.com/

Spoiled here I fly at Mavis Henson Field in Woodland. The field is about 5 miles away and takes less then 10 min to get there from my house in Woodland. Lot of guys in the area fly here and some travel an hour or more. On any given weekend there is a lot of Kero in the pits to be burned.

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I cant move just to be closer to a jet field. That would just be wrong... Wouldn't it?

My local field is only 5 minutes. I don't fly jets there much any more though. Bowling Green Ky is only an hour drive and twice the runway. A few of us usually get together "On Any Sunday" or Saturday.

200 miles one way. It makes for a long day!!
Dom

Winamac-15hrs
Michigan Jets-10hrs
Leamington-9hrs
Liberty Bell-8hrs
Hamburg-7hrs
Maine-6hrs
Gardner-5hrs
Bay of Quinte-4hrs
Capitol Jets-3.5hrs
Smiths falls Ont-3hrs
Louiseville Que-1.5hrs

None of these times include bridge or border delays.

Chris

Twenty min. to blacktop or twentyfive to a great grss flying area.

I fly about every weekend a year on average, 18 miles from my house. So every 3 months I would get in about 60 flights I guess?

field 15 min from the house hang with the boyz and fly jets 6hrs 9hrs 11 hrs


Ron

DAMN YOU!!

Joined a more 'jet friendly' club last year after a (failed) attempt by the secretary of my club of 10 years to have them banned.

About a 40 min drive to the new field. - John.

25 min to buttonwillow L62 and 20 min to poso kern co. L73


John

Seems like Cali is the place to be!

My club is at about 5km from my home, 10 min drive trough town. Located at a military paracommando base, we have a 140m grass runway for our use (good short grass without bumps). About 5 turbine flyers at our club.
At about 20km there is a better known club, because every year they organise a well known international jetmeeting in belgium (jets over pampa). Haven't flown there yet, but hope to next year.