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Nov 28, 2025

Possibly the End of an Era for the
Poway Skimmers RC Flying Club

Poway is kicking us off the lake!!

And How You Can Help Keep Lake Poway Open to R/C Flying (see below)

After thirty-six years of remote-controlled (RC) flying activities at Lake Poway, the Lake Poway Skimmers RC Flying Club has received notice from Poway Park management that their use of the lake for RC-related activities will be prohibited beginning on Jan 1st, 2026. [We are still flying at least until the end of 2025] This decision marks the conclusion of a significant chapter in the club’s history, bringing an end to decades of enjoyment and community engagement. The Poway Skimmers are seeking to be grandfathered in so they may continue to use the recreation area alongside future proposed activities.

Skimmer’s Hopes and Proposed Solutions

The club remains hopeful that the decision to end flying privileges at Lake Poway is not final. Plans are underway to reach out to relevant parties, news outlets, and city officials, including the Mayor, to advocate for the continuation of RC activities. Park management is considering opening the lake seven days a week for fishing and boating. The club proposes that a time slot be reserved where boating is suspended to allow for continued RC flying, noting that their current schedule consists of three hours per day on two days per month. It is believed that most fishing occurs in the morning or evening, making a midday time slot feasible.

The time available to reach an agreement with Poway officials is very limited. The club is considering various options and welcomes suggestions from others who would like to contact the club:

Curtis Kitteringham: cak11@cox.net
Steve Belknap: Let1Fly@aol.com

From Curtis:

“We are flying this coming Monday, December 1st weather is looking good with temps in the high 60’s low 70’s with clear skies. We have had some of the best weather for the last two months.

Our last session was well attended with three new flyers. We had several people stop by and talk with us about the article in the paper and asked if they could help. The movement is growing, that old saying the train has left the station and gaining speed.

Again we are flying December 1st, we will also be attending the Poway City Council meeting December 2nd at 7:00pm so here it comes. We will need as many of the members as possible for both dates. The council will be invited to the lake to see what we are about. It would be a good chance for the membership to voice to save the club. At the Council meeting, the more we have in the audience the better, you do not need to speak if you do not want to. There are a few that have already said they would speak along with me.

At the club meeting, on the 24th, we tried to bring everyone up to speed on what has been done and what we are still trying to do. Lots of emails have been sent to the city so far with more on the way.

Here is a list of emails to send yours to:

Steve Vaus (Mayor)

Svaus@poway.org

Jenny Maeda (councilperson)

Carrie Gallagher

Carrie Sanchez

Sophie Underwood

Chris Hazeltine

See you this coming Monday and Tuesday”

Our Request

We respectfully ask to be grandfathered in, allowing us to continue our tradition of flying one to two three-hour sessions each month. Thank you.

Another Fine Day at Lake Poway – Nov 2025

Curtis is now in the AMA Hall of Fame.

It’s from years of promoting the hobby locally and across the country. My involvement in the clubs and their events and the number of CDs I have done may not of hurt. Honestly it’s just from the level of involvement I have been over the years. They asked for list of what I have done and I could not remember all of it, but a couple of friends filled in the blanks. I made it into the HOF with all yes votes as I understand. Curtis K. (President of Poway Skimmers)



	
	President’s Message for Nov 2025

	
	
		Year 2025 has been one of the best for Poway lake flying. The water has been up, the weeds have not been a problem and the weather has been perfect. The months of September and October have been the best so far. I hope the next two months have the same great weather. In looking back, we have 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

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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