Local club site. There's a huge sod farm out here called Seven Cities Sod and either the owner is into RC or they donated them a strip of land for exclusive RC plane use. Not sure who paved it.
The lucky bastards actually have two practice spots, both with a paved runway
http://www.davenportrc.org/index.cfm...ce_id/17.htm#1
website isn't really up to date with the exception of their newsletters. Most recent pictures are from 2004 (old farts, go figure
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On both sides of the paved runway they have very short mowed lawn, I saw several planes that opted to take off from there (and most opted to land there: ther was a pretty stiff wind that day and I witnessed several mini crashes)
The last pic of the three guys carrying the plane was after a crash. They were doing some awesome airstunts, pretty high up to start but then had to try it a little closer to the ground. Motor lost a lot of power for just a few seconds on a downward spin and POOF. It landed upside down like you see them carry it. Notice the broken prop.