I hope to be out at Woodsam in Amesbury, MA soon to get going on the new kite. I live in Beverly, and I've been practicing at the soccer fields at the Beverly Airport with a 3M trainer. I'm hoping to be at the soccer fields one or both days next weekend to get some practice in with the bigger kite. Once I feel like I've got the hang of flying I'll try it with the skis, then hopefully hit up Woodsam.

I'll either be in a '97 M3 or depending on how the roads/parking is a '02 Legacy wagon

Be safe, and watch out for those power lines, and Powerliners!

i have been at that field with my mt.board last fall it's the biggest field i found with nice grass. you be safe to and watch out for planes.

nice, I figured someone else around here must have noticed the field as well.

In the summer/fall it is usually packed with kids!

Yeah the pilots must wonder about the kites when they see them!

haha yea, our best flying sites are right on approach fixes for the grand forks airport (some buddies of mine that I fly with and I are going to flight school up here in ND) and now and then we get landing light flashes or a wing rock. Although you would have to be within a few hundred feet of the actual runway for anything to happen, there is a FAA law that says any object within x feet tall must be x distance away from the airport. Unfortunately I don't know what the distance is but I want to say its .5 or 1 mile away from the runway....just something to keep in mind.

Im sure you have all seen this, but it made me think of it....good thing its fake
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iZzVH7Hp7QI

Thanks, I'll see if I can find the regulation and post a link if I do.

I did a little bit of searching, and I couldnt find it in the regs, but when I googled kiting near airports this page came up:
http://www.windstarkites.com/KiteSafetyFieldCard.htm

There is states that if you are within 2 mines of an airport the kite cannot be on any lines longer than 500ft and no more than 5 pounds.

I think most of us here will have no problem with this rule...Ill keep on the lookout for any official reg.

500 feet of 5 pound line????

more likely 5 pounds for the kite -- reckon it gets interpreted that way, eh?

haha my bad, yea, thats what i meant. kite<5 lbs or lines <500 ft.

I wasn't able to find anything, thanks for the info.

I just picked up a 6m Access myself. NHT, I bet your new Access is Red, isn't it.

I might see you out at Woodsom this weekend, although I'm not sure what my plans are yet.

I didn't realize that you could landboard out there. For some reason I didn't think it would be mowed well enough or that the ground would be hard enough. I don't get the "watch out for planes thing". I've never seen planes out there that I can remember.

Let me clarify, the planes are nearby at the soccer fields near the Beverly airport, they won't be an issue at Woodsham. I am actually going to check out Klock park tomorrow. It's a place just off Rt.1 in Topsfield, MA. I haven't been in many years but from what I remember it should be perfect for practicing off the skis, and possibly with the skis on. I need to get a bit more practice in before I hit up Woodsham, but I'm sure we will run into each other there at some point.

So I went to Klock park today in Topsfield, MA. It's not bad for beginners unfortunately there was not much wind so I only got a little bit of practice. Also they don't plow it out so I had to park in the street and walk in. However, I did notice and adjacent business park that is a short walk through the woods, so one could park there and walk over to the Park without much trouble.