It's a sad Day

[Doozer]

You know that empty commercial lot I fly at:


The big sandlot on the left side of the pic, 3/4 of the way down.

They started construction on it today. The electric company was there with drills and cranes. A security guard ran my son and I off Looks like I have to drive to a field somewhere. I kind of knew this day was coming, and I'm sort of at peace with it.

I think if I would have kept flying the Nitros there, I might have gotten a ticket. Might be time to join a club. Even though I really feel the A.M.A. does little for us Heli pilots, I'm probably going to cave (I spit when I typed A.M.A.). I'll hold out as long as I can, but the day is coming soon.

[Solitaire]

What's wrong with the extremely large desert in your backyard? I actually thought that was where you flew...presumably where the big transmission lines are (as seen in your vids).

Looks like you could have a nice long takeoff/landing area there for when you eventually slide over to planks.

[Doozer]

lol. Planker! That's the field I'm talking about. If you look at the picture, the yellow pin is my house. The lot directly left of the cul de sac is where the power lines are. Takes me about two minutes to walk there. If you look at the very bottom left, you see the power company sub-station. The lot is still for sale. It's zoned commercial, but sometimes they'll "improve" the lot by throwing down electric, then paving it. Then it will sit like that until someone decides to buy it. I'm ok with them paving the lot because it will cut down on the amount a dirt that gets on my helis. I just hope it stays that way for a while.

[Gabe]

Nothing is worse than losing the spot you're comfortable flying at. Especially when it's within walking distance.

Bummer man.

[Doozer]

Mar 29, 2011 6:14:00 GMT -6 Gabe said:

Nothing is worse than losing the spot you're comfortable flying at. Especially when it's within walking distance.

Bummer man.

Yeah, I'll get over it, but it sure was nice. I wouldn't say it was the best place to try and learn how to fly, but it worked for me. Landing in a spot that didn't have rocks and wasn't dusty was next to impossible. Made doing autos interesting. With the bigger helis I felt a little confined by the power lines and had to fly side to side. However, like you said, it was a place to fly that was within walking distance.

[akent]

Bummer!
But what's that massive looking area behind your back yard? Can you fly there?
Kent

[shakey]

Get yourself a golf cart, you can drive any where in a couple of minutes. Looks like there's a lot of areas close to you. Unless your neighbors aren't cool with golf carts.

[19000rpm]

I'd kill to have that much open area, but I understand the challenges of flying in the desert.

They paved 2 200' runways about and hour and a half south of here. Not very convenient, but we just don't have many choice areas to fly off of.

[Doozer]

Mar 31, 2011 15:44:30 GMT -6 akent said:

Bummer!
But what's that massive looking area behind your back yard? Can you fly there?
Kent

That's actually part of a mountain that is covered with rocks cactus and rattlesnakes. I've thought of doing some slope soaring with a glider. There's a flat on the peak that you can walk/climb to.

Everyone has a golf cart here. I just don't have a place to put it. My garage is full and I don't have a gate large enough to keep it in the backyard. If I had a place for it, I'd have one.

I'm hoping they put some black top on it and it sits for a while. But they're likely to put up street lights, and power poles as well. We'll see.

[Raygun]

This is what you do Doozer late some evening you go out to that job site and scatter some bones around then the next day you tell some organization that the site is an ancient burial grounds. That should hold up any development for at least a year or two.. Ray

[Doozer]

Apr 1, 2011 13:24:52 GMT -6 Raygun said:

This is what you do Doozer late some evening you go out to that job site and scatter some bones around then the next day you tell some organization that the site is an ancient burial grounds. That should hold up any development for at least a year or two.. Ray

Lol! you kid, but honestly, that held up a major through street from being built in our area. They had to build around the burial site. Tribal burial grounds put the breaks on a lot of building around here, as it should. I should go throw some chicken bones on it.

[Raygun]

Tell your wife your taking her out for all you can eat rib dinner

[19000rpm]

Or, scattering a few Navajo or Hopi pottery shards over the site would keep the place clear until they declare it a national monument.