How many weekends of flying time?

Greg,

Hey there neighbor!

I'm in the N.W. Corner of Indiana, and it's similar here. Our club has it's annual "End of the year, first of the year flying event" where the bravest of us venture out to our flying field on December 31 & January

It's part of our "All season flyer" program, where you fly at least once a month, doing a successful takeoff/landing each month, witnessed by another club member, to get the patch.

Agreed! I just take my (EP) Aerobird out when it's this cold. I put a set of Du

-Bro ski's on it & it takes off & gets airborn off crusty snow in about a foot's distance. --

Jim L.

I CAN fly in the wind, but my prefernce is for slow flying stuff - neither the space nor the noise restraints allow me to fly glo, so electrics are it. I have some that will handle the wind, but really it takes a lot of pleasure out of it, as every flight becomes a bit of a skill challenge just to stay straight and level, rather than an exercise in learning e.g. a new manoeuver.

Its the downside of electric flying in the backyard. I can fly anytime I want weather/ligyt permitting, but not big birds.

I live in SW Florida, and my club currently has 280 members. About 1/3 go North for the summer. We fly 52 weeks a year, but not 365 days. In the summer we fly only in the morning, in the winter we fly all day every day. Rain in the summer is usually in the afternoon, so it doesn't matter. It can get windy in the winter before a cold front, often 90 degrees cross to our runway, and that is no fun although some still fly. It's a great place for this hobby.