Field Clean Up

Stetson Flyers Fall Cleanup 
The Fall annual cleanup was held on Friday morning October 24. This involved making repairs and preparing the Stetson Flyers facility for the winter including installing the winter shelter. 

The eleven members who volunteered their time were Pierre Coulombe, Daniel Marcotte, Greg Oliver, Fred Lottes, Laurel Goodrich, Charlie Colwell, Michael Wendt, Jon Harper, Hal MacDonald, Michel Raymond, Michael Lalonde.
1.    Winter shelter installed. 
2.    Filled in holes along laneway.
3.    Cut trees behind toilet
4.    Weed wacked where we stored the shelters.
5.    Cleaned both BBQs.
6.    Remove Great Hobbies signs from flight line fence.
7.    Tree clearing in north bush.
8.    Replaced flight line fence cable. 
9.    Tightened frame bolts of large shelter.

The Stetson Flyers Club airfield cleanup day was held May 9-10. Twenty-seven members volunteered to help maintain the airfield, make repairs and to make it safe and enjoyable for another flying season.  

The rolling of all grass surfaces started on Friday afternoon and continued until 11:30 am on Saturday. In total the runway was rolled four times. The exchange of the seasonal shelter from winter to spring is a welcome change as it signifies good weather, special events and BBQ’s!  The most labour-intensive part of the clean up was filling in potholes along the laneway along with scraping of loose paint, repainting curbs and touch-up other surfaces including flight benches, picnic tables, flight line and spectator fences.  In all two full gallons of brown paint were used within a few hours.  The painting brightens the facility and helps the curbs be more visible, avoiding the tripping hazards.  The windsock, the Canadian flag and the parking lot warning markers were all replaced.

Stetson Flyers Fall Cleanup 

Its hard to believe that we are approaching the end of another summer of fabulous flying.  The Fall clean up signals the change in weather and on Monday October 7, a small but mighty crew came to help. The objective was to clean up after the summer, prepare the facility for the winter and to support the (brave) winter flyers!  

This is the work that was accomplished: