Our club, the Long Island Silent Flyers, will be hosting the Eastern Soaring League RC sailplane competition at Stillwell Woods Preserve, located in Syosset, NY. This is a two day event starting Saturday June 24 and finishing Sunday June 25th. Competition typically starts around 10 and finishes for the day Saturday around 4 and Sunday around 2, depending on conditions.
If you want to get in as a last minute entrant, visit www.flyesl.com This link will take you to photos from a prior event. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AaMWLRw2Ys2bF¬ag=1 Some of the best RC sailplane pilots in the country will be coming in for the two day competition. There is no cost to attend and you can come and go as you please. Feel free to bring family and friends. Bring chairs, or a blanket as none are provided. This is an open field, so there is a picnic type atmosphere. There should be room for beach type umbrella if you like. Lunch is available for a nominal fee or you can pack your own cooler of food and drinks. The field is located at Stillwell Woods Park, on South Woods Road, in Syosset, NY 11791 ( it actually comes up as Woodbury) , across the street from Syosset High School. Mapquest can provide directions Assuming you have made it to Long Island, simple directions are: Long Island Expressway ( 495) to Exit 44N, Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway ( Route 135 ) Take this to the next to last exit Route 25 East, toward Woodbury. This puts you on Route 25 Jericho Tpk. Go about 1 mile - See Town of Oyster Bay Golf course on the left. At the light, turn left onto Southwoods Road. Drive about 1 mile North See Syosset HS on left and Stilwell Sports Field on the right, turn into the parking lot. Drive to the right and all the way to the back of the parking lot. You will see an orange gate which should be open to a dirt road. Drive down the road about 100 yards and you will see a large open field on the left. Drive into and along the edge of the field to where the cars are parked. The location will vary depending on the direction of the wind. Come fly with us! Ed Anderson www.lisf.org RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
