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Hi all, We are very much still alive and kicking but our site is down while we relocate it - should be back up in a week or so! Benjamin, you can fly in Richmond park but only at the flying field which is located opposite the rugby playing fields near the Sheen Gate roundabout. There is a large notice board (which is quite out of date but still in keeping) and a bin and bench which marks the centre of the flying area. Its quite public but you should have no problem as long as your wary of passers by. Only electric powered craft are allowed though. Holler if you need a hand or further info James [email protected]

Thanks for your kind words E.D, You should come and visit, as you may know - we do not have an official Club for the flying field, the locals that attend like to keep it this way, its a very friendly place to fly and everyone helps and looks out for each other - real community spirit!  Indeed - IC is not allowed at the filed for numerous reasons so electric flight is the norm but we do have the greatest concentrate of F3K pilots in the country who regualy fly here, not to mention Mike Stern who took 3rd place in the international F3K championships earlier this year. James  

Good morning ED, We have been working closely with the Royal Parks Commissioner to get the rules up to date, if you care to look at our dedicated site you will see the new rules. As soon as we find a sign writer we will get the sign renovated! Quite a few of us still fly at the park, busiest times are undoubtedly at the weekends but not too crowded. Weekdays you have an older set of flyers mainly flying between 10am and 1pm, I expect you will see some friendly faces that you may recognise - many have also been flying here for the last 40 years.   I’ll contact Holly Lodge and ask them to only give out the new rules, I was unaware that this was not actioned yet so thanks for bringing this to our attention. You may be interested to know that we have an anemometer near the flying field which gives live wind readings as well as graphing that last 24hours – it can be useful and save you from a wasted journey to the field.More information can be found on aour website - www.rpff.org  James Edited By James p on 13/09/2011 10:49:35 Edited By James p on 13/09/2011 10:51:05 Edited By James p on 13/09/2011 10:51:58