Congrats.... insurance can be a wonderful thing..

 

Congrats Mark

Go team ALEES!!!!!!

 

Right on Brother Feral!

 

Congratulations Mark... Excuse my ignorance but where is the Island?

 

It's a former Naval Shipyard in Northern California. They used to work on nuclear submarines there.

 

BTW Stuart, no worries. I probably wouldn't know any of the places people list as there home towns on this forum.

 

Cool is it an actual island or do they just call it that due to the water?

 

To me it is more of a peninsula.
https://maps.google.com/maps?client...F-8&ei=QpXuU6aZJMOBogT--4CABw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ

 

that's cool, I think your safe to say it's a real Island.. if you had a long range FPV kit you could fly round the shore line..

what's the population and how many members of your new club?

 

The City of Vallejo has allowed a few businesses there on the North Island, but there are no homes. We have around 8 guys in the club at the moment. Want to join?

 

sign me up ☺
I'll be the first non flying member lol
plane trip from Melbourne to Brisbane then another to New Caledonia and a 4hr boat ride to the Island?
enough time to build a Heli and charge some packs.. lol

 

No boat trip necessary. Just land at SFO, and I'll take you from there. It would be about a 50 minute drive if the traffic is light.

 

Mare Island , Bah, ALEES Island, that has a nicer ring to it...
Congrats on getting the club ratified.
Go Team AleeS
Simon

 

Sorry @Mark Mickels , slightly OT, but @feral, I flew Jeff's AleeS today, light and crisp!, I liked it. I'll write up our micro-fly-in tomorrow, too poked now
Simon
Go Team AleeS

 

They are really nice birds to fly and build!