MARCH EVENTS
3/23/25
PALOMAR FLYERS COMING EVENTS FOR MARCH
March 22nd
Thank you to Vic Lerum and his Jet Fun Fly committee of Tom Pollinger, Cesar Fernandez, Ryan Plodowski, and Joe Villarreal for putting together a great program. Vic went way above and beyond expectations developing a written step-by-step plan on planning future events. With the input of our treasurer, Doug Abel, and webmaster, Richard Torres, a seamless documentation of all attendees, purchase of raffle tickets, serving of lunch, and a profit and loss report was generated immediately after the event. The entire club sends a big thank you for the event, as well as the program development. The board will be meeting soon and I have a strong suspicion that the club will be using this format for all events in the future.
Below is a list of upcoming events:
April 5th: Civil Air Patrol : Field will be closed from 9:00AM -12:00 PM
Also on April 5th: Combat Field will be closed from 9:00 AM -12:00 PM
April 16 : Monthly Board Meeting
April 19 Monthly General Meeting Palomar Flyers--Special recognition to Chris Avellino and Curtis Kitteringham. Also, our member and treasurer, Doug Abel, will be speaking on using 3-D printing for building RC models.
May 31st (DATE CHANGE) Boy Scouts outreach program 9-12 The field will be closed.
Don Davis
Vice President Palomar RC Flyers
FREE FLIGHT TRAINING!
6/9/25
From-To
8/11/25
FREE FLIGHT TRAINING STARTS IN JUNE!!!
Come join us FOR FREE on Mondays after 5PM until sunset.
Not sure where to start?
What do you need you bring?
You and the desire to learn
What do we provide?
We bring the planes
We bring the batteries
We bring the chargers
We bring the transmitters and 'Buddy' boxes
We bring years of flying experience and love for the hobby
We bring instructors who carefully bring you up to speed
We bring years of hard earned advice and/or suggestions if you already have a plane
NEW PHOTO ALBUM!!! - "BUILDS"
3/20/25
BUILDS! PLANES, HELI'S CARS, BOATS ~ WHATEVER!
Want to share pictures of your builds with others? Send me the pictures and I will add them to our new 'BUILDS' Album. Share with others the time, effort and your love of the hobby. Thank you to Bobby who sent a few pictures of his work in progress Focke-Wulf FW 190, nicknamed "Würger" (Shrike) for giving me the idea.
See the Album Here
Click here to send me photos and put a note that this is for the build album.
NEW ITEM IN THE "FOR SALE" PAGE
4/12/25
Membership
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Join AMA with a Full Membership and abide by all rules.
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Register with FAA under the Exception for Limited Recreational Operations and abide by all rules. (“Home built” aircraft satisfies for aircraft type on registration application)
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Take The Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST)
(Easy test, Answers are provided. Allow 20 – 30 minutes) -
Fill out New Member application
(If Renewing, PRCF Renewal ) -
PayPal Dues to: Palomarrcf@gmail.com
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PRCF will send you a Welcome Letter and Membership Card + Aircraft Labels to attach to the outside of your airplanes.
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Post the Aircraft ID Label on the outside of all your RC Aircraft.
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Read/abide by the PRCF bylaws and Flying Site rules.
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Meet with a Club Instructor at the field to review of the Field and Flight procedures. He will issue a Gate Key Card.
PDF Content copied from site above
FAA Renewal
For those of you who are coming up on their FAA Registration renewal process, the FAA changed things slightly back in 2022 and now want an aircraft of some sort attached to the registration.
The AMA created a great article for the process, and they walk through, step by step, how to sign up and renew your FAA Registration all in one, at: https://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amagov/2022/08/09/update-to-the-faa-dronezone-and-registration-renewal-process/
Make sure you read through the process completely BEFORE you start, as you may need to skip certain steps if you are RENEWING your registration!!!
Find Us!
Flying Field
We have a 600'x40' asphalt runway, four separate helicopter pads, a pit area with tables and chairs, toilet facilities, plenty of parking, and an RV parking area (no facilities).
Johnson Field is located on about 70 acres on the Northeast corner of the intersection of I-15 and State Highway 76. We are about 16 miles North of Escondido on I-15. From I-15, take Highway 76 East towards Pala less than 1/2 mile and turn North on Pankey Rd. Enter the Palomar Flying site through the green gate. On weekdays, members must have a key to unlock the gate. The gate is open on weekends and holidays from about 8am to 1pm or when events are scheduled. The public is welcome to come and visit us during those hours. If you are interested in joining, come out anytime – mornings are the most active period. We have separate flying sites on the property devoted to RC airplanes and RC helicopters.
Club Meeting Location:
At the field the third Saturday of the month
Events
Come and enjoy our Club Events! We have a varied list of Events throughout the year with great fun to be had by club members, family, visitors and friends. One of the most popular is the Combat Trifecta, combat wings at it's best! We have regular Sail Plane soaring events and other forms of entertainment. If you have a family and would like to spend some time just watching the events please join us to enjoy the beauty of the planes, the carnage of the combat and the occasional walk of shame, Come join us and see!!!
Transmitter
Newsletter
Catch up on all the club news!
Our Newsletters are graciously crafted by none other than our own Mr. Joe 'Buko' with talent beyond our wildest hopes. He has spent countless hours crafting our Club's Newsletters, adding many of his outstanding photos, quips, humor, stories and exceptional homegrown wit... In short we have the best!
See our current Newsletters or travel back in time with us to 2005. If you have copies that we do not have please share them with us and we'll place them online.
Come in and enjoy the humor, the stories, the outstanding photos and take a trip back in time with us!
April
2025
We are still getting feedback regarding the HELI-FUN-FLY. The organizers of the event deserve congratulations for a job well done.
We received some really great news from Joe Villarreal regarding our stay at Johnson field. It looks like it’s possible we will remain here until June 2026! With that good news, we are still proceeding with the Valley Center site. Material has been purchased, and a build date is in the near future. Scott Ralston has done a terrific job of developing that site. If you have not been up there, you are missing out!
For Sale/Trade!
Latest item for sale
PRCF members may list items that they wish to sell or trade in this space.
PRCF is not responsible for sale/trades between members or visitors.
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