My new favorite flying field

There is a new (opened in the last 6 months) soccer complex about 5 miles from my house that is about the highest altitude for miles around. If you get on a high hill somewhere and look in the right direction, you can see the lights sitting up there by themselves above every thing. This field is a quad soccer field making a large rectangle and the fields are only separated by a grade level concrete sidewalk. Bottom line is that it is about 1/8th mile long with a very clean west wind prevailing.

So I'm flying some kites the other day and a guy walks by and then stops. He says "so are you up here flying kites alot?" I say that I've been there 8-10 times or whenever the winds blow. He says he thinks he must've seen me most of the times I had been there and that he works there. (I'm getting worried about where this is going at this point.) He points to the west where the rules signs are and says see that right there? I nod yes. He says "it only stops moving for 15 minutes at sunrise and at sunset". The rest of the time it is moving. Now I realize he is talking about the flag and not the rules sign that says only approved activities are to take place there. Turns out he thinks it is a cool activity and appreciates me being there doing stuff with my boys.

Sure enough I went up there yesterday when there was absolutely NO wind at home. Nice 6-8 mph breeze at the soccer field. About the time I got the lines attached for a final check flight on the Blaze I just sold to RonR, the winds picked up to 18-20 and about 200 kids with parents and siblings showed up for the 6:00 soccer games. After a 3-5 minute flight, I just grabbed everything up and headed out to get out of the way. Looks like I'm safe for now. It's nice to know that there is somewhere the wind almost always blows with no obstructions close to home. :singing:

flying spot

I'm jealous :D
sounds amazing though, i'm glad someone nice and responsible is flying on it too

No photos on the county website either. It is a tree covered hill in all the aerial photos. I'll get some perspective shots on Saturday. I have a cousin coming in from Atlanta on Saturday that is ready to step up from his Symphony. He signed up here but is lurking at the moment. He has a great sense of humor. His handle here is "gotthewind"

And Domdino, thanks for the compliment. I try to be a nice guy and considerate of others. On the other hand, I don't want any parents or coaches complaining about "that guy that was flying that dangerous kite around the kids" and mess up things for me at paradise.

Dang Bob, You didnt mess around at all getting that Blade! Most people when they state they need to save up for something it take more than 3-4 days! I am happy for ya. I just hope you dont get the new kite no wind for two weeks curse.

come on Thrasher!:flaming: This wouldn't have been a problem if you hadn't brought it up! Maybe it won't be a problem during the springtime. :wink2: I raised some money by purging the Pansh kites, so I've got a good head start. We don't live a lavish lifestyle so when something special comes along, we aren't already tapped out. The buggy is going to take some more serious saving now that I pulled the trigger on the blade though. I see a board coming along first.

Any day for the next 2 months that I don't have wind, I'm gonna make sure you know about it!
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Yea Ron is close to me bout 30 40 miles awat but we get together to fly about once a month or so. he is happy. i called him the other day to tell him i had him a kite. he told me he had just bought one He gets to where he can work that kite i will put him in a buggy :singing:
There was some talk of a couple of people getting together down at Jekyll sometime around May 17 or so

Indeed thats a nice place to fly. looks like ya got some good jumps in also. what they going to say when ya get a buggy