For nearly forty years, the Wine Country Flyers have been a staple of the Sonoma County hobby scene, but the remote-control aircraft club is currently grounded.
Per the Press Democrat, after losing the lease on their longtime airfield near Forestville eighteen months ago, the seventy-five-member group has been “cast adrift” without a local place to fly their oversized planes.
The club is now urgently searching for a new five-acre site—ideally surrounded by open fields—where members of all ages can once again gather to pilot their aircraft and share engineering tips. For many, including fourteen-year-old pilots and retirees, the club provided a vital social lifeline and intergenerational connection that a long drive to distant fields simply can’t replace.
President Nat Seavy says they are exploring every lead from Craigslist to County Parks, but for now, the group is sticking together through monthly pizza meetings and an upcoming Hobby Swap Meet on April 26th.