I am thinking that dual landing areas, one at each end of the field, is too ambitious. It is true that our soaring field is designed to be bidirectional to accommodate the wind conditions with dual winch turnarounds at each end of our 750ft field. However, I feel building landing areas at each end would prove to be prohibitively expensive and more than we can execute in the time we have to complete it (yet to be determined).
At the (SC)2 board meeting it was agreed that;
1. VVRCF must have a landing surface to get planes off the sand.
2. VVRCF could entertain the concept of incorporating a centrally located landing area halfway down the winch lines and off to one side. This area should be about 60ftx100ft. We need to do some measuring here to see how much room we have for this on the field. I'll start tomorrow to research the layout.
Does anyone have any idea what a 6000 sq ft area of Sod would cost? I would donate the lawnmower and organize a system of maintenance. I think this would be much cheaper than anything artificial. Petromatt (is that how you spell it) is out as it tears on landing with skids.
Rick
As it turns out we will probably not have water to take care of Sod in our landing area.
Consequently, we are moving toward used indoor carpet as a landing surface.
Some objections currently exist concerning carpet, but I am dealing with them. Aprox. 300 sq yds of carpet have been placed in a pile near the landing zone and will be laid after some tests near the end of March.
Rick
