{"id":373,"date":"2015-06-10T11:04:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T15:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/?p=373"},"modified":"2017-03-21T11:19:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T15:19:23","slug":"new-life-for-old-landfill-as-a-model-airplane-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/2015\/06\/10\/new-life-for-old-landfill-as-a-model-airplane-park\/","title":{"rendered":"New life for old landfill as a model airplane park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">By Suzanne Michaels and Isabel Walters<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">For the sun-News<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a dynamite facility,&#8221; says Gerard DeLong, president of the Mesilla Valley Model Airplane Club (MVMAC). &#8220;We&#8217;re hoping, with the new field, that we&#8217;ll be able to possibly sponsor some national activities with the national organization, Academy of Model Aeronautics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374\" style=\"width: 489px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/06\/20150609__LSN-L-Utilities-Connect-0610-p1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-374\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/06\/20150609__LSN-L-Utilities-Connect-0610-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Suzanne Michaels - For the Sun-News Klaus Kemmer, Solid Waste Administrator, and Gerard DeLong, president of the Mesilla Valley Model Airplane Club, stand on the future runway at the Old Foothills Landfill holding one of DeLong's models.\" width=\"489\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/06\/20150609__LSN-L-Utilities-Connect-0610-p1.jpg 489w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/06\/20150609__LSN-L-Utilities-Connect-0610-p1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suzanne Michaels &#8211; For the Sun-News Klaus Kemmer, Solid Waste Administrator, and Gerard DeLong, president of the Mesilla Valley Model Airplane Club, stand on the future runway at the Old Foothills Landfill holding one of DeLong&#8217;s models.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What was once the final destination for waste disposal \u2014 the old Foothills Landfill at 555 S. Sonoma Ranch Blvd. \u2014 will soon be the site of a park for model airplane enthusiasts to soar their carefully crafted creations. The model airplane park is under construction now; an archery range is also being planned. Both should be up and running by late this fall.<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcsun-news.com\/las_cruces-news\/ci_28284174\/new-life-old-landfill-model-airplane-park\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>FULL ARTICLE<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-379 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/06\/ama-horiz-logo-web.jpg\" alt=\"ama-horiz-logo-web\" width=\"187\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/06\/ama-horiz-logo-web.jpg 519w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/06\/ama-horiz-logo-web-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"AMA Flying Site Assitance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\" target=\"_blank\">Information on AMA&#8217;s flying site assistance program<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #3b3838;\">The AMA has been involved in helping clubs with flying site issues for many years. After all, without flying sites, we can&#8217;t enjoy our hobby! As AMA&#8217;s Flying Site Assistance Coordinator, my job is to assist clubs with any and all issues in regard to flying sites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #3b3838;\"><em>Tony Stillman, Flying Site Assistance Coordinator<\/em><br \/>\nPlease contact me any time by phone at 1-800-I-FLY-AMA, Ext 230, or via e-mail at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:FSAC@modelaircraft.org\">FSAC@modelaircraft.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/06\/20150609__LSN-L-Utilities-Connect-0610-p3_200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-376 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/06\/20150609__LSN-L-Utilities-Connect-0610-p3_200.jpg\" alt=\"20150609__LSN-L-Utilities Connect-0610-p3_200\" width=\"170\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can reach Las Cruces Utilities at 528-3500 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Las Cruces Utilities provides gas, water, wastewater and solid waste services to approximately 100,000 Las Cruces residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Suzanne Michaels and Isabel Walters For the sun-News &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a dynamite facility,&#8221; says Gerard DeLong, president of the Mesilla Valley Model Airplane Club (MVMAC). &#8220;We&#8217;re hoping, with the new field, that we&#8217;ll be able to possibly sponsor some national activities with the national organization, Academy of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[56,54,50,63],"class_list":["post-373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-stories","tag-flying-site-assistance","tag-landfill","tag-park","tag-public-land"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":382,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions\/382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/flyingsiteassistance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}