On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 09:07:32 -0800, john firth wrote:

You do not have to fly to evaluate fields.
As you drive to the airport, briefly, survey the fields and assess them
for suitability; ie length, slope, crop, hazards; this has been one of
my habits for 60 years.

That depends a lot on where you live: if most roadsides have only wire
fences or crash barriers, that works, but in places where there's
extensive ribbon development or major roads have either walls or rows of
trees on both sides to reduce road noise, its a bit harder.

The majority of my drive from home to the glider field is on roads
bounded by trees or hedges, and traffic is generally heavy enough to make
staring through farm gateways rather a bad idea.


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