I tried the aircraft spotting thing with limited success. From the air it's
difficult to see planters, light poles, curbing, etc. You need to stay at
least
1,000 feet over "conjested" areas which is just about anywhere around here.
I was doing this by myself but a spotter with binoculars may make the
technique
more effective. Location can be marked by GPS by air and later surveyed by
ground
using those coordinates.
-- Rick Brown
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of WM P KINCY
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 9:20 PM
To: joe@bea.com; lollipop487@attbi.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Gravel at Golden Gate Fields
Yes and it is way too small for an autox. And there are very nasty
elevation changes. I know PCA has used it buy we could pave someone's back
yard and do better.
One idea that I have always wanted to try is to get someone with a plane to
donate some time and get in it on a Sunday (or Saturday) and fly around
looking for empty paved lots. Write them down and do a systematic
contacting job of the owner/operator.
Perry
"long ago scheduler dude"
----Original Message Follows----
From: Joe <joe@bea.com>
To: "Pat Kelly" <lollipop487@attbi.com>, Joe <joe@bea.com>,
ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Gravel at Golden Gate Fields
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 10:40:55 -0700
At 10:28 AM 6/3/2002 -0700, Pat Kelly wrote:
> >
> >> I realize the search for the perfect surface leads us away from
the Bay
> >>Area.
> >
> > I don't necessarily agree...
>So what is the perfect surface within the Bay Area? Don't say the Alameda
>Naval Air Station, or Moffett...we can't find the right politician to talk
>to. If you know him/her let us know.
My personal criteria are (in order) 1 - clean, 2 - near, 3 - large.
For my tastes, Oakland and GGF are the best as long as they're
clean. I have never had any bad feeling about the cleanliness of
Oakland, so either they clean it well, or we do. I do like GGF, at least
I have had no such bad experience as Saturday's.
I know of no politicians... PCA often gets to use the police training
facility near Dublin. Has anyone in SCCA tried to find entree there?
>--Pat K
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