Jet flying in WA?
10-24-2017, 07:57 PM
#5
Check out the Museum of Flight while you're up there; well worth it.
There are a couple turbine friendly fields down a bit south in the Portland/Vancouver area: CCRCS & OMAS. The runways are a bit short, so you'll need to brush up on your carrier landing technique.
There are a couple turbine friendly fields down a bit south in the Portland/Vancouver area: CCRCS & OMAS. The runways are a bit short, so you'll need to brush up on your carrier landing technique.
10-25-2017, 10:16 AM
#6
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We are seriously looking into moving to the Washington side of the Portland area in the next couple years depending on how things go at my work. Closest field I have now to fly anything but helis and foamies is about an hour and a half away. I saw that CCRCS is about 300’... how short is OMAS? How active is the jet community up there?
Tom M
Tom M
10-25-2017, 04:12 PM
#7
OMAS is 450 feet and has two turbine pilots: Dave Davis and myself. The membership is low right now, but we're working to bring it back up. But, getting there from Vancouver, depending on the traffic could take an hour or more.
CCRCS is 300 feet and the airspace is fairly small due to the location, but we have 3 active turbine pilots (Tom, Paul and myself), one who plans to begin training soon and a new member who is looking to get into turbines. We also have a yearly Jet Jam event where all power types are welcome.
Dave Davis also has a private field that is about 550 feet of grass, not super smooth but good for most. He flies his CARF J-10 there. It's pretty close to OMAS though.
If you want a lot of runway, there is the Sanderson RC Flyers, but they are about 2 hours north and turbines can only fly in the afternoon and when there's no burn ban.
Frank
CCRCS is 300 feet and the airspace is fairly small due to the location, but we have 3 active turbine pilots (Tom, Paul and myself), one who plans to begin training soon and a new member who is looking to get into turbines. We also have a yearly Jet Jam event where all power types are welcome.
Dave Davis also has a private field that is about 550 feet of grass, not super smooth but good for most. He flies his CARF J-10 there. It's pretty close to OMAS though.
If you want a lot of runway, there is the Sanderson RC Flyers, but they are about 2 hours north and turbines can only fly in the afternoon and when there's no burn ban.
Frank
10-26-2017, 08:04 PM
#9
My Feedback: (4)
OMAS is 450 feet and has two turbine pilots: Dave Davis and myself. The membership is low right now, but we're working to bring it back up. But, getting there from Vancouver, depending on the traffic could take an hour or more.
CCRCS is 300 feet and the airspace is fairly small due to the location, but we have 3 active turbine pilots (Tom, Paul and myself), one who plans to begin training soon and a new member who is looking to get into turbines. We also have a yearly Jet Jam event where all power types are welcome.
Dave Davis also has a private field that is about 550 feet of grass, not super smooth but good for most. He flies his CARF J-10 there. It's pretty close to OMAS though.
If you want a lot of runway, there is the Sanderson RC Flyers, but they are about 2 hours north and turbines can only fly in the afternoon and when there's no burn ban.
Frank
CCRCS is 300 feet and the airspace is fairly small due to the location, but we have 3 active turbine pilots (Tom, Paul and myself), one who plans to begin training soon and a new member who is looking to get into turbines. We also have a yearly Jet Jam event where all power types are welcome.
Dave Davis also has a private field that is about 550 feet of grass, not super smooth but good for most. He flies his CARF J-10 there. It's pretty close to OMAS though.
If you want a lot of runway, there is the Sanderson RC Flyers, but they are about 2 hours north and turbines can only fly in the afternoon and when there's no burn ban.
Frank
Tom M
