[AlaskaRC] Field Updates (Groeschel & Elmendorf AFB)

[Williams, Steven P Civ USAF PACAF 3 CES/CEOSA]

Ive been at Osan for the last year and just recently returned back to
the mother of all states I haven't made it back into flying yet, but
where is Groeschel field located?

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Marshall
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:57 PM
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Subject: [AlaskaRC] Field Updates (Groeschel & Elmendorf AFB)

To all the ARCS members.

Field Updates (Groeschel & Elmendorf AFB)

 

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GROESCHEL FIELD

Thanks to a small but extremely dedicated group of individuals
(including Wayne Brost), the new permanent runway at Groeschel is just
about ready to be seeded.  Actual seeding is scheduled for sometime this
weekend.  The hope is to let the grass get a good foothold before winter
which will give it a good head start next spring.  In the meantime the
'temporary' runway is completely usable (approx. 75'x700').

 

The new runway has been landscaped to the point that it is just about
perfectly flat now.  Believe it or not, the runway is a little over
1,000 feet long (2/10's of a mile)!  And it is about 80 feet wide.  That
is nearly TWO ACRES of runway!  For comparison, you could place
Moffitt's runway or Elmendorf's paved runway in the middle of the
Groeschel runway and still have an additional 200 feet of flat runway on
both ends.

 

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ELMENDORF AFB FIELD

I went out to the Elmendorf field this morning to take a look around.
It is definitely a great place to fly but I did notice a few things that
need tending to:

 

1-- The big workbenches have not been fixed or replaced yet.  Mark Ritz
said that he is on it but he's been very busy.

2-- It is in need of mowing and weed-eating.

3-There is quite a bit of 'junk' that needs to be hauled to the dump
(small refrigerator, broken down desk, and misc items inside the
building behind the door, etc.).  The refrigerator and desk are just
laying on the ground outside the shed.  Probably one good load in a full
size pickup truck would do it (I don't have a pickup or I'd just grab it
myself).

 

Any expenses (like dump fees, purchase of wood, gas, garbage bags, etc)
can just be presented to me or any of the club officers and you will be
promptly reimbursed (keep your receipts).  If you need the funds up
front, let me know and I will get you some money to work with.

We definitely need to keep it presentable out there.

 

Alaska Radio Control Society

Armand Marshall - Treasurer

Treasurer at AlaskaRC.org