New Oregon Circle Open

Howdy all -- I thought I'd post a few pictures of the new circle we're enjoying in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. About 40 miles southwest of Portland, the paved donut is adjacent to the Evergreen Aviation Museum.

A new AMA club called The Evergreen Aero Modelers formed this summer to build the circle and a 500' paved r/c strip. We've been very busy putting in over 800 feet of fencing, planting grass, running electrical lines, getting the irrigation system in, planting over 200 shrubs, and organizing the club's activities and procedures. The model area was funded by a donor, built by clubmembers, and is sited on museum owned land. We have about 45 members so far with a good mix of rc and cl flyers.

If you're a current AMA member, you may fly here with a paid museum admission, as long as you sign the guestbook at the museum's front desk. Club dues are only $20 per year. Plan a trip sometime. The museum's website is www.sprucegoose.org Hope to see some Stuka Stunt regulars!

You told me once to whom to send the dues. I forgot. Your check is not in the mail. Please remind me where to send the bucks.

Hi Jerry, Do you have to pay admission every time you want to fly? And what is the rate$ I know you have to be an AMA member to fly there but I hope there is some sort of discount for your club members.

>Hi Jerry, Do you have to pay admission every time you want
>to fly? And what is the rate$ I know you have to be an AMA
>member to fly there but I hope there is some sort of
>discount for your club members.

Do you have to pay admission every time you want
>to fly?

Yes if you are not a club member.
No if you are a club member.
The best thing to do is join the club for $20.00 a year.

Visitors may pay admission to the museum and use the model field for that day if you're an AMA member and have signed in. I don't know what the museum charges for an adult admission right now, but I think it's between $10 - $13.

If you are a TEAM club member there is no day charge, however you still must sign in and have a current AMA to fly.

The yearly club dues are very low at $20. To join, send cash or a check made out to Dave Bibbee. Include your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and a photocopy of your 2004 ama card. Mail to:

Dave Bibbee
TEAM Treasurer
26050 NE Viewcrest Court
Newberg, OR 97132

The Evergreen Aero Modelers
26050 NE View Crest Ct.
Newberg, OR 97132

Jerry....terrific job! the site looks super!

I know firsthand what is required to obtain a permanent flying site where public funds are involved....advice might be to "keep thanking" those responsible.....

Thanks for bringing controline to the fore!
See Ya

See Nils--another "Field of Dreams"!!!!
Us in the Northwest have a gentleman that built, almost single handed a U/C circle in Central Oregon (Redmond, ore.)This was next to the R/C clubs field. You have to appreciate the setting--When you fly R/C ,it is best to GET back to the airstrip--cause sagebrush makes nasty results to airframes!!! Nils and the club have hosted a Contol line meet in the summer and the club makes a real nice B-B-Q at lunch!!!Fellows would drive from Seattle, Saltlake, Portland (bay area--can't remember?) Nils finally got hold of the County Parks "Mowing man" and he has promised to keep it mowed. The city in Roseburg has just completed 5 baseball fields on Sunshine road and you can get TWO 60' circles on each field. When they made up the base for the fields it is 6" of sand rolled dead level and planted with grass. They keep it mowed 3 times a week to 3/4"!!!! WOW is it nice to fly there!!! WE can even take off and land race planes with 1" wheels--I'll try to get Max to take some pictures of this field and post it for you sometime (sure nice when some one else does the mowing). When we had the Regionals here it was 5 mowings each Spring on 3 acres-about 5 hours worth!!!
Any body want to fly in Roseburg, Ore. Just let me know!!!Would be nice to have some one to fly with!!!

>Howdy all -- I thought I'd post a few pictures of the new
>circle we're enjoying in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. About 40
>miles southwest of Portland, the paved donut is adjacent to
>the Evergreen Aviation Museum.

SWEEEEEEEEEET!!!! Congratulations on a BEAUTIFUL facility! I am always struck by the cold, static nature of most air museums. At the vast majority of air museums nothing ever *flies*. All static, all quiet. Reinbeck Aerodrome being the obvious exception. This notion really struck me while walking the flight paths of the Wright Brothers' first four flights during a recent visit to Kitty Hawk. How odd, I mused, that nobody ever flies anything here. There is a small airport adjacent to the field, but nothing on the grounds. Not so much as a kite in the air (that's two miles down the road at Jockeys' Ridge State Park).

Having models fly regularly on the museum grounds will give the museum visitors a real sense of the excitement and wonder of flight. And a terrific opportunity for museum guests to pick up a handle and actually experience flight, first hand (pardon the pun). I hope you are considering having regular sessions where the public is encouraged to fly a club trainer with an instructor. Could do wonders for your membership numbers too.

Best of Luck!

TWO more Oregon Fields. Ted Grice of the NORTWEST FIREBALLS has two grass fields at his farm just outside of Portland. I flew there two weeks ago and I can only be jealous. SO with in 50 miles of Portland FIVE GREAT FLYING SITES.

Scott

Any of you Oregon boys up there remember Elmers Hobby store in Salem?

>Any of you Oregon boys up there remember Elmers Hobby store
>in Salem?

Where in Salem was it located

MMMM, I always thought that was "Cherry city hobbies" owned by Elmer--it was on Market st about half way from the I-5. Now that was a hobby shop that smelled like a hobby shop. Just try to find any thing--it was search and discover!!

I think that Dave is right on the location but the sign said Elmers Hobby Shop. After he died his kids would open once a month to fill mail orders and sell over the counter. Anybody that was fortunate enough to have been there on that Saturday knows that when I say goldmine of kits knows I am right. Just about any kit you could think of was on those shelves. Free flight U/C and R/C, they had it all. The shop would make you drool. Wish I could have won the lotto back then. Some very serious shopping would have gone down. I was taken to that shop by Shorty Spies. He was a premier engine collector back then and had about 2000 engines in this tiny house he lived in. He used to take show cases of engines to the Northwest Regionals. Quite a guy.

>TWO more Oregon Fields. Ted Grice of the NORTWEST FIREBALLS
>has two grass fields at his farm just outside of Portland. I
>flew there two weeks ago and I can only be jealous. SO with
>in 50 miles of Portland FIVE GREAT FLYING SITES.
>
>Scott

Scott, I can't think of 5 flying sites within 50 miles of P'land.
My list is:
1) Delta Park
2) Grice Farm
3) McMinnville
4) Salem Airport
5) ???????

Are you counting this farm twice, because there are two fields? Albany is more than 50 miles, right? Sure seems like more. Eugene, Roseburg and Redmond sure are. Steve

>>TWO more Oregon Fields. Ted Grice of the NORTWEST FIREBALLS
>>has two grass fields at his farm just outside of Portland. I
>>flew there two weeks ago and I can only be jealous. SO with
>>in 50 miles of Portland FIVE GREAT FLYING SITES.
>>
>>Scott
>
>Scott, I can't think of 5 flying sites within 50 miles of
>P'land.
>My list is:
>1) Delta Park
>2) Grice Farm
>3) McMinnville
>4) Salem Airport
>5) ???????
>
>Are you counting this farm twice, because there are two
>fields? Albany is more than 50 miles, right? Sure seems like
>more. Eugene, Roseburg and Redmond sure are. Steve

OK Steve, There is a lot flying places here and near Portland. Next to my home 1 mile I have the ok to Fly at the High School and on artificial grass. Great landings. Two the Private school across from my home lets me fly weekends and summer. The Park behind my home I’ve flown there scene 1960. At the Portland Ship Yard parking lot enough for six circles. I think you get the answer. OOHH Portland International Raceway I almost forgot that one. OHHHHH PEARSON AIRPARK gee more then you thought….

So Jerry, when is the first contest scheduled?

Let's See now. McMinnville OR is about 1 hour from Bremerton WA. with my Lancair. Suppose I could fly down Sat AM fly C/L. have lunch in the Museum. Talk to some volunteers restoring an old warbird and listen to war stories, fly some more c/l and return home to Bremerton. That would be a pretty good day. When do you fellas fly there?

Bob Smiley
A Lancair 360 builder/pilot trying to be a modeler