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Elkins Field Rules and Safety Guidelines

(Edition: 15 February 2022)

Field Rules & Safety Guidelines PDF file for download: Field Rules & Safety Guidelines

  1. Governance: All pilots must be members of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and Lawton Area Fun Flyer Society (LAFFS) except for LAFFS’ guest pilots and non-AMA pilots enrolled in the AMA “Intro Pilot Program” under the direct supervision of an AMA-designated LAFFS instructor pilot. All pilots must be familiar with and comply with the AMA Safety Guide, FAA regulations, and Elkins Field Rules and Guidelines. (see http://www.modelaircraft.org). FPV pilots must comply with AMA document 550, Unmanned Aircraft Operations Utilizing First-person View. See: http://www.lawtonareafunflyers.org/blog/category/rules/
  2. Field Diagram:

Area A:  for aircraft operating from the main runway.

Area B:  Primarily for sailplanes, park flyers, small foamies, rotorcraft, and others that can’t safely integrate with aircraft operating from the main runway. Aircraft such as sailplanes, etc., climbing to higher altitudes and requiring more area may fly outside of Area B, but use caution not to conflict with aircraft in other areas.

Area C – Corridor:  Transition corridor between Areas A and B in either direction. Located between the outhouse and the trailer. Only used in the late afternoon for downwind leg of the east-side traffic pattern when the low western sun prevents traffic patterns being flown safely to the west of the runway. Area C is not for maneuvering (aerobatics, turns, etc). Don’t fly traffic patterns to the east earlier in the day when the sun is high and the normal pattern to the west would be safe. Pilots must use extreme caution to avoid flying over the parking area and to avoid other aircraft operating in Areas A and B.

No-Fly Area: Do not takeoff from, fly approaches over, or land in the designated “No-Fly” area which includes the pit area, pilot boxes, and parking lot.

  1. Flight Pattern Flow: It is safest when all aircraft are flowing in the same general direction to avoid mid-air collisions. A recommendation is to fly the upwind leg relatively close to the runway and the downwind leg farthest from the runway in a general box pattern around the airfield. Aircraft can still do maneuvers, aerobatics, etc., if at the completion of the maneuver they resume travel that is not opposite the direction of other aircraft in their vicinity, if possible. Try to avoid cutting diagonally across the pattern, especially when there are several aircraft flying. If you plan to spin down through the pattern, a verbal announcement would help others know your intentions.
  2. Frequency Control: If not using a 2.4 GHz radio system, frequency control is the responsibility of each pilot. Non-2.4 GHz transmitters should have something clearly identifying their channel (frequency flag, channel number tag, etc.), preferably attached to the antenna.
  3. Pilot boxes: Once in the air, stand in the fenced pilot boxes or no closer to the runway than the pilot boxes. Do not stand on or near the runway.
  4. Verbal Announcements:

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Taxi-way repairs

Thanks to the initiative taken by Harold Anderson, Leonard Baker, Mike Hervey, and Bob McFadden, our long-needed taxi-way repairs were completed Saturday, March 7th. Harold brought his Martineer crew out earlier in the week, and with the help of Ron Hipp and Don Haines, rolled back the Petromat and exposed the erosion that had taken place under the fabric. Surprisingly it wasn’t as bad as many of us had feared, and the greater part of the dirt under the taxi-ways was still pretty flat, solid, and had held up pretty well. (more…)

Wingz-n-Dawgz 2019

The Lawton Area Fun Flyers will be holding their Wingz-n-Dawgz fun fly Oct.12 at Elkins Field in Lawton, OK. Lunch is included with the $20 landing fee for pilots and available for $5 to all others. There will be a Raffle, tickets are $1 ea., 6 for $5 or $20 a stretch. It will be just a laid back open day of flying with one fun event after lunch. Gates open at 8:00am.

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Yukon’s “Cubs & Cousins” fun fly July 1st.

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Elkins Field photos – 6 May 2017

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2017 Area Flying Events

Area Flying Events for 2017 are listed in this document. We will update the document when more events are added.... Read More

New Runway Installation and First Flight – 2017

Here’s the work on the runway at the end of 3 Feb 2017. More than a dozen members were there all day braving the cold wind. It’s looking good.
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Wounded Warrior Project Press Release

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The KSWO Channel 7 story about the Wingz and Dawgz fun fly

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2009 Mall Show

The Lawton Area Fun Flyer Society’s first model airplane show held recently at Central Mall in Lawton was deemed a “great success” by LAFFS club president Ken Isaac. “We had steady traffic all day,” Isaac said, “with people waiting to use our three flight simulators and a lot of questions about the models, particularly the jet turbine model displayed by Brent Brennan, and the big Russian Yak 54 owned by Jerry Chinnow. (more…)