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We have moved out of the temporary
field on College Ave and are in the process of setting up 2 new locations in East
Berlin and Strinestown. - A.A.
Update 05/5/08: Last week on Saturday May 3rd, we had another work
party to rake and plant Brothers Field. We had 10 members that put in a great effort
who included myself, Scott Hoke, Dave Munsch, Bob Redelberger, Paul Rudy, Tony Smith,
Scott Sterner, Kurt Theiler, Danny Townsend, and Larry Tudor. A big thanks goes out
to Tim Barefoot for getting us use of a York Rake from The York Water Company and Paul
Rudy for hauling and using his tractor with the York Rake attached. And a big thanks
to everyone who helped out getting these fields prepared and planted. Again, Tony
Smith used his 4-wheeler to pull the fence section around prior to hand raking and finally
seeding. I took a panorama and a video of the activities. Filename BrothersWorkDay. Click here to browse
folder
Update 04/27/08: Last week on Saturday
April 19th, we had a nice work party to get the grass planted at Hawk Field. I
believe we had 9 able-bodied members eager to get this field planted. In
alphabetical order there was myself, Steve Arnold, Tim Barefoot, Eric Dermota, Paul
Nicholas, Paul Rudy, Tony Smith, Kurt Theiler, and Larry Tudor. Our very helpful
landlord, Ron Hawk, ran his tractor with the pan unit smoothing and de-rocking the
ground. Tony used his 4-wheeler to drag a fence section over it. Then we all
worked very hard raking and carting off the left over debris, seeding with spreaders, and
finally rolling it with a hand roller. I took some pictures with a panorama and a
video of the activities. Filename HawkWorkDay. Click here to browse
folder
Then we had rain right after for the next day or two. We were afraid it rained too
hard and washed out the seeds, but that turned out to be minimal. I took some
pictures with a panorama yesterday of the hint of green beginning to show. Filename HawkFieldNewGrass.
Click here to browse folder
When I get official word that the field is open to
flying, I will add that update here.
Brothers Field takes more work to get the ground ready for
planting. It is looking very good so far and we hope to do a final run over it.
Ron Hawk is even helping us with this field by offering to bring his pan unit over.
We hope to get a work party going for next saturday and finally get the grass
planted. Keep your fingers crossed for good weather. We have mowed the parking
area again and is available to fly from and, since it is a bit rough, I recommend using a
beat around plane with fat tires.
Update 04/13/08: Well, as you may have
figured, the heavy rain on Saturday made everything too wet to work with. We have a
York Rake availble, thanks to Tim Barefoot, that we will be able to use on both
fields. Brothers Field needs another finer discing before using the York Rake and
then we can get to planting grass. Now if only the weather will just cooperate long
enough to do all this. Also, we still have plans to fix up the access road, and possibly
the bridge as well, to Brothers Field and Tim also might try to get a vibrating roller to
smooth out what will be the parking area so we can use that temporarily for a
runway. We did get the picnic tables moved from College Ave to Brothers Field today.
Update 04/10/08: Ron Hawk disced and
smoothed the field today and we will be planting grass tomorrow. I took some
panoramic shots after he disced it. Filename hawkfieldprep.
Click here to browse folder
Update 04/06/08: I added some more photos of today's progress.
Filename dozerday2. Click
here to browse folder I got there after everyone left and I decided to take
advantage of our new field rules and flew my Radix alone. :) Took a little
video of it. Filename LonelyRadix. Looks like the tilled ground needs to dry
out some more for raking and smoothing and finally planting grass. We may try to
roll everything as well.
Update 04/05/08: I added some photos
and a video of today's leveling at Brothers Field in the temp folder. Filename dozerday.
Click here to browse folder The dozing will be
finished up tomorrow.
Update 04/01/08: The leveling of Brothers Field is scheduled for
this weekend on Saturday, April 5, 2008. Hopefully the weather will cooperate this
time. The Hawk Field is also about to be tilled and readied for planting grass.
I'll add pictures of the operations and progress after things get started.
Update 02/11/08: I added 2 satellite photos named BTfieldInfo1.jpg and BTfieldInfo2.jpg
to the folder mentioned below that shows exactly where the access road entrance is on
Rooster Lane. Some folks have been apparently driving right by it without realizing
it. It's a little bridge you have to turn North on to. Just be careful with
low clearance vehicles. It has some tricky spots until we can get it cleaned
it up. Also, we are now checking out the possibility of putting in a special
material called Propex for the runway surface. Other clubs have used this with great
success and it makes a clean superior runway surface that doesn't need mowed. If it
doesn't pan out, then we will be going on with the grass seeding. Either way, we
will also be able to have it leveled off nice and flat which will make it an awesome
flying site.
Update 11/17/07: Brothers Field in Strinestown now open to
flying. As it stands now on the Brothers Field in Strinestown, the runway and pits
have been cut and harrowed. We have cut the rough field grass for the parking areas
as short as we can to use as a temporary runway. It will be a little rough, but
flyable. Use your own discretion on what you think is suitable to fly off it.
This will hold us over while the actual runway continues to be prepared. The final
preps for seeding will have to wait until March '08 now. We may be able to have the
whole runway perfectly leveled off as well. No further news yet on the status of the
Hawk Field in East Berlin.
Update 11/07/07: Here are some image
and video files of the new locations as of September '07, plus Mapquest links to show how
to get to them. The .kmz file is a Google Earth overlay if you have Google Earth
installed. Some of the file names are too long to read, just mouse over and see the
whole name in your status bar at the bottom.
Click here to browse folder
Mapquest to Brothers field in Strinestown - Entrance to access road
from Rooster Lane
Mapquest to Hawk field in East Berlin - Entrance to property
(I didn't know the actual
addresses where these entrances are. I simply tried different numbers until the
Mapquest red star came out about in the right spot.) -Alan
Update 11/01/07: At this time, it looks like preparing and planting
grass for both fields will have to wait until the next planting season in Spring
'08. Maybe if we're lucky enough to get snow on Jan 1, 2008, we could have our
Frozen Finger Fly at the Hawk field, as long as the field has been cut, the snow should
make it flyable. Once these fields are smoothed and planted, get ready for great
flying seasons ahead. Meantime, get those planes repaired or built to be ready for
it.
When the new flying fields are established, typically, flying can be done any day
of the week as per our field rules, which will very likely be updated pending the new
locations, but Sunday is our primary flying day. Wednesday evenings is also a
popular flying time. We're happy to help out potential future R/C enthusiasts who
may consider joining our Club.
Non-members, whether just beginning or are seasoned R/C'ers, are welcome to 3 seperate
complimentary flying visits to each of the fields so you can see if you like it enough to
consider joining. Of course,
proof of AMA membership is required to fly anytime by anybody and, if needed, we will be
all too happy to hook you up on a buddy box setup with a qualified Club member to help you
get started. We want you to have a smooth start to your new and exciting
hobby. For more on Club policies, check out the "Regulations" section
within the "Our Club" menu. |
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