Flightline Progress Blog

Thanks everybody for the great turnout at the meeting on Tuesday night! Richard did a great job speaking to the Mayor and City Council members about the importance of FlightLine to the community.
Our goal was simply to let the Mayor and city council know that FlightLine is a wonderful resource for the entire community, not […]

Dear Flighline Enthusiasts
We have been making progress and now we need your help to keep the ball rolling!
There is a meeting on the 23rd at CARLSBAD CITY HALL, 6:00PM, 1200 CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE. I am going to ask the city to think about taking over flightline and help us regain access. I want a large […]

There is an upcoming meeting that we will need EVERYONE to attend. I will be posting all of the details of this meeting shortly as well as sending out an email blast to everyone on our mailing list.
Stay Tuned!!!

Dear Trail Coordinators
There is a lack of definitive direction happening. Last week mike grim seemed to be saying Markus of CNLM had the power to change the CE allowing us to access it. Meanwhile Markus has directed us to ask either the city or the county. We have sent the letter to […]

Michael Turko and his KUSI Turko Files is helping our cause! After numerous emails and phone interviews, Michael Turko is helping us to Save the FlightLine Mountain biking trails. Last Friday he met with Richard and Minnett and interviewed them at the parking lot behind the Carlsbad police station and fire department where we all […]

Everyone;
The meeting this Friday is not a public meeting. We don’t need everyone for this one, but we will need everyone for a meeting coming up towards the end of January that is a public meeting. I will keep you in the loop about the results of this Fridays Carlsbad meeting and will let you […]

damn! i thought the battle was lost, and then i stumbled on your website with the latest info.

sorry i lost track of this story last fall. but now i see it as an example of an exercise in grass roots democracy. also, and MOST IMPORTANT i may be able to […]

We will be gps’ing the trails in the next month or so. We’ll send you a map when we’re done.

Also, the County has said (as per my previous emails) that you will first have to have some governmental entity (either the County of City of Carlsbad) to be willing to accept […]

I am going to attend the Friday meeting at 1635 Faraday 11:00 am to propose Flightline as an open space acquirement by the city of Carlsbad.

Dear Markus

We have sent a formal request to Maryanne Vancio to initiate the amendment to the CE allowing recreational use. I would like to begin the process of describing the trails at Flightline by GPS. I understand this could possibly put the cart berfore the horse because we don’t even have […]