Illini Super Jets 2009
October 2-4

OK everybody this event has been by word of mouth mosty till now. But its getting close and we wanted to try and get the word out to more of the Jet world. This is the first year for the event and we hope to grow this event largley in the coming years.


The event will be held at the new Eli Field in Monticello Il. We just finished putting the center stripe on the brand new 800x50 foot paved runway.
The field is an excellent place to fly jets and as time goes we will continue to grow the facilities.

Thursday is setup and open flying.
We will have covered overnight storage or the models each night .

http://elifield.com/



Hopefully everyone can make it as we can garenty a great time.


I will get some photos up of the field and also more hotel info soon.

As for now lets start a roll call.



David Payne
Horizon Hobby

Thanks David,

I have been waiting for the info on this event.

John Roth

Eli Field is a great place to fly jets. 800x50 feels very large!


Here's a photo from last weekend.


Chris Huhn
Horizon Hobby

Here's the pic

Hey Guys,

Here are some pictures of the field in it early stages of development. The first is Chris Huhn's Ultra and the overfly area. The second is one end of the approach and the third is Pits/Taxi ways before the grass was growing.


David

Lookin really, really great...nothing like having another super flying site...especially within 50 miles of where I live ! ! ! Roger

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Eli Field is a fantastic site. It's conception and development came out of a true passion for the hobby, by people with their hearts in the right places.
I'm sure this will be a fantastic event, and I wish you guys much success.
Paul

I'd love some hotel info. Where's everybody staying? Good chance I'll drive in on Thursday.

Dave Rigotti

Just checked some hotels in Champaign and they all seem to be sold out, must be a football game on Saturday. Any ideas?

Bill

We have a block of rooms in Monticello at the Foster Inn. Special pricing if you mention Illini Super Jets.

There is a home U of I football game that weekend.

Foster Inn
1414 N. Market Street
Moticello, IL
217-7692-9835

If you don't find anything there you will probably need to go to Decatur. It is about 28 miles West of Monticello.

Camping is welcome at the field. There are no hook ups.

Just booked my room there....thanks John!!
number is 1217 762-9835


Ben

Thanks for the update John, we are in as well..

Dennis :-)

I hope to be there as well, working on a few details to get up there.

Just booked my room as well........a little trouble with the phone number though.[sm=50_50.gif]

Paul, you have to be able to read before you dial the phone.[X(]

See you in a couple of weeks.

Flyer for the event.

Ready to drop the Turbine in the Skymaster F-16 I am prepping for the event....
Also hope to debut something (clean) that has been cooking for a while.....

Hope to see you guys there!
David

I will try and get there!

Foster is Booked
See you guys friday, I hope!

A couple of questions for the host club.
Is there 110V power on site for power supplies for charging big Lipos?
Is there aircraft storage?
Are there any camping provisions?
Thank,
Bob

How about a map, or directions to the field from the main highways also.









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Greg Wright

There's a map link on the Eli Field website on the events page. [link=http://www.elifield.com/events.html]http://www.elifield.com/events.html[/link]

Hey Bob,

There will be aircraft storage with a Security Company providing security.

Campling is welcome but there are no hookups of anykind.

There currently is no power on site.

Thanks for the reply John.

All booked up!!!!!!!! Are there any other options?