Tony, Cole Field House is an awesome flying site! I flew there one time in
1972 and met Pete Andrews.Set the Sr Paper Stick record at 19:34.2. From
what I remember the air was pretty good. I remember that my dad and I both
broke 15:00 with old school paper covered EZ-B's weighing about 1.7 gm.
Wish I lived closer to take advantage of this site. Tom Sova
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From: "jimmy_otool" <jimmy_otool_at_yahoo.com>
To: <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 5:31 PM
Subject: [Indoor_Construction] New East Coast Flying Site - U of MD
> Well - sort of new, apparently there had been access years ago.
> Regardless, one of the Maxecuters, Mike Guth, negotiated with the
> University of Maryland and got us access to the old Cole Field House.
> Access is not free because of the cost to run the lighting, but pretty
> reasonable at $50/hr. We are working on a contract to get us one Sunday a
> month (or so), with the potential for future contests.
>
> HVAC was off, and from my understanding generally is not running. There
> are a couple of vents at the top of the dome, but they seem well enough
> baffled that it wasn't a problem. Air was pretty smooth - there is some
> temp flux as the field is below ground and dome above. This was our first
> day in there, so I'll have a better idea of conditions when we get a few
> flying days in there.
>
> Ceiling isn't as high as I had heard - but its about 100 ft and doesn't
> slope at the ends like JC. No scoreboard, but there is a speaker system
> and some flags in the middle (see pics - I tried to get a few close ups).
> The flags look like they could be easily raised, but I doubt moving the
> speakers would be negotiable.
>
> Anywho, check out the pics linked below, and if you are in the DC/MD/VA
> area give me a buzz and I'll let you know when we get the flying schedule
> up.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/paveltony/ColeFH?feat=email#
>
> Best regards,
> Tony Pavel
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