Model airplane field
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Model airplane fields are used for landings and takeoffs of model aircraft
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Facilities provided vary significantly. They range from unimproved fields to paved runway
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Model aircraft
Model aircraft are flying or non-flying models of existing or imaginary aircraft using a variety of materials including plastic, diecast metal, polystyrene, balsa wood, foam and fibreglass...
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Facilities provided vary significantly. They range from unimproved fields to paved runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
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| Name | Location | Size | Runways | Facilities | Website | Ref |
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| The Bill Osborne Model Airplane Flying Field | Alameda, California Alameda, California Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Farm Island portion of the city is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. At the 2010 census, the city had a... |
35 by 2-paved donuts |
Opened 1947 work benches |
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| Model Airplane Field at Edwin Warner Park | Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home... |
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| Breuner Airfield | Richmond, California Richmond, California Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been... |
5 acres (2 ha) | 300 feet (91.4 m) | BARCS | ||
| Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark | Morgan Hill, California Morgan Hill, California Morgan Hill is a city located in the southern part of Santa Clara County, California, United States. Founded on November 10, 1906, the city was named after Hiram Morgan Hill, a San Franciscan who built a country retreat home there in 1884... |
40 acres (16.2 ha) | 520 by paved |