Flying Site Assistance-2011/07

131 MODEL AVIATION
HI, EVERYONE! The flying season is
heating up and I hope you are enjoying it!
I received some good news from the
Ute Radio Control Association. The club
lost a flying field, but the Salt Lake City
Parks and Recreation Department is
building the members a new flying site!
The efforts of this group have been
notice by the city and the result is
excellent support for the association! I am
sure that many modelers in the Salt Lake
City area will be thrilled to have such an
excellent site at which to fly.
Rick Shane sent me the following note:
“Thanks for your reply! We found out
Salt Lake City Parks & Public Lands is
building us a new air field with 14 covered
pits, a shack, and a 650-foot runway. I
have studied the plans, and it looks like it's
going to be nice.
“It should be done in time to fly there
this summer. It’s located on 7500 West
1300 South.
“Thanks for looking out for us here in
Utah!”
The Salt Lake City Parks & Public
Lands released the following statement on
its website:
“Due to the construction of the
Regional Athletic Complex, the Model
Airport Facility that was previously
located on that site is now permanently
closed. A new facility will soon be under
construction near 7500 W. and 1300 S.
Anticipated completion is summer of
2011.
“The new Model Airport runway will
be 60-feet wide by 550-feet long with a
10-foot shoulder on both sides and 50 feet
overrun areas at each end (base gravel).
There will be a gravel parking area for 92
cars, a 35-foot by 35-foot concrete helipad,
a 55-foot by 315-foot concrete lay-down
and set-up area with seven 14-foot by 14-
foot shade pavilions, and a 12-foot by 16-
foot shed with counter top window. The
existing restroom from the old Model
Airport will be relocated to this site. The
footprint of this new site was taken from
and closely resembles the old Model
Airport.”
This is a great success story that I really
wanted to share with our membership.
Tony Stillman
Flying Site
Assistance
Coordinator
102 Cherrywood Ct., Brunswick GA 31525;
(912) 242-2407; [email protected]
This is a great success story that I really wanted to share with our membership.
Flying Site Assistance
Tony Stillman | www.modelaircraft.org/membership/clubs/fsap.aspx
Aerial view of the proposed Salt Lake flying site.
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