Google Earth Community: 2200+ Remote Control (RC) Airplane Clubs & Runways

Hello Everyone - This is my list of Remote Control Airplane Flying Clubs and the location of the Runway. The data represents the closest city / town to the Club's Field / Runway, the State and Country. The I, II, III, IV, etc represent the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) District Number. The last number is the Club's AMA Charter Member ID Number. I have captured the location of 2200 RC Fields Internationally with about 80% being in the lower 48. The AMA has close to 2500 clubs on their roster, so I am missing just over half of them. If any of you find any I haven't found, please post it or let me know by PM and I'll add it to the list.

I also have a full blown Excel database file that has a BUNCH of Club info on it which was the source document I used to create the Google Earth file. As I add more RC Clubs to the Excel file, I then update this file GE from that. Both files are in sync. If anyone is interested in downloading the Excel file, I have it Zipped up and posted on my little MSN website as well as in one of the Flying Giants forums. One thing that is pretty cool is the ability to directly upload these Excel files into programs such as MSN's Streets and Trips. Look below for a link to my website and the FG’s site if your interested.If you check some of these Clubs out, you will be surprised I think at how much work has gone into most of them. Most Clubs with Asphalt or Concrete runways have had to paint the big X's on the ends of the runways so full scale pilots don't mistake them for the real thing.

Here is a link to Putt's RC Home Page: Putts RC Home Page My Excel Files were last updated on: August 4th, 2008

Here is a link to Flying Giants, a very cool RC Forum Site on the Web - Flying Giants

This link is to the Flying Giants File Download Forum that has a current copy of my Zipped up Excel RC Coordinate File: RC Field Location Coordinate Database

Here is the link to the Academy of Model Aeronautics - AMA Web Site

Link to my GeoCaching Travel Bug looking for RC Clubs Worldwide - 'The Bipe' Geocaching Travel Bug

Here is BratzelWatz's version of a RC Club Coordinates File for Germany: 350 Modellflugplätze - R/C Airfields in Germany

Michael Osterlund from Uppsala, Sweden has contacted me and I have posted his Coordinate files for Sweden and Denmark in mine. Here is a link to his website that also has an Excel version of the data like I do on my site, pretty cool - Propellerhead's GPS Page (don't miss the other pages)

Carlos (twentynine) has allowed me to post his RC Club locations of Italy. I have them posted in the International Folder. For a direct load of Carlos's file see 'Posted by twentynine' below. There is also another file of Slope Glider points. Thanks Carlos.

NormB from New Zealand has allowed me to post his RC Club file, Thanks A Bunch Norm. It's a great addition. Please check out the New Zealand file in the International Folder

Good Luck in your searching of RC Clubs here on GE. We are ALWAYS looking for new members to train to fly our RC planes

and in joining our Clubs

, so if your interested, please do so, it's a BLAST !!

RC Coordinate File Last Updated: September 3rd, 2008

Edited by GPutt33 (09/03/08 08:29 AM)