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The Lake will be unsuitable for flying for the next several weeks due to an overgrowth of weeds near the shoreline. We will let you know when it opens up again.

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Went by the lake today (8/24/24), it’s down another 3 or more feet from the last visit. Stopped at the ranger station to ask for some info. They have no idea about the lake level or weed removal at this time.

Another Fine Day at Lake Poway – August 12, 2019

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	Bob Says for Jan 2024

	
	
		Gents: 2023 was another good year as we added several new members and activity in general was on par with previous years.  Our Monday flying sessions generally had 5 to 10+ members and we are averaging 2 flying dates a month. Two sessions a month seems to be the sweet spot for decent attendance.  So, Read more
	

	
	
					
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We generally fly every other Monday, except Holidays. In case of a holiday, we will often pick the Monday before or after as the makeup day. We will notify members via email of the makeup day. So yes, this means we may fly consecutive Mondays on occasion. Please check the calendar for scheduled flying days. Our primary use of the lake is for RC aircraft although we do allow RC boats as a secondary usage. Please see the rules regarding RC boating. You are required to be both a current AMA member and Lake Poway Skimmers member to operate any RC aircraft or boat at the lake.

If the weather looks bad and we have to cancel a flying session, we will notify members via email by 11:00am Monday (day of). We will also notify members if the following Monday will be a makeup day.

Note we are permitted by City of Poway to fly every Monday but currently this is too hard on our site setup workers. We are working on adding more set up workers and plan to add flying dates to some months. We are only committing flying every other Monday at the current time.

Also, I would like to remind members that we need to drain and dry our planes and boats before leaving. This was requested to help prevent the spread of mussels (that are present even in Lake Poway) to other bodies of water.

Thanks,

Bob

Please visit our new History Page for some LPS background. If you have any history to add, please let us know. Let1Fly@aol.com

Videos

Skimmers August 2016	Otto Skimming the Lake	Otto flying FPV	Sean Maidens his Beaver	Mike Maidens his plane
Ed has fun with his new speed boat – Atomik	Bob’s Seawind Maiden	Ferdi’s C-310 Maiden	Bob’s Big Twin Maiden	Bob’s Second Try
Ferdi’s Wingmaster	Bill’s PT-17 Maiden	Kyosho Macchi M.39	Wade’s Mallard Maiden	Bill’s Pietenpol Maiden
Ferdi & Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 Maiden	Bob’s Big Twin Flies!	Boat Pics & Vids for Feb 2019	Little Red Boat – First Run	White Hydro – First Run
Graupner Silver Bullet – First Run	Bob’s Grumman Albatross	Bill Knoll’s Short Circuit Hydroplane	Allan’s Gallaudet Scout