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At HobbySportz it seems that not only everything is available in the No matter which shop you go to, everything is packed with model
shop, but also the online trade is operated worldwide. building articles. Usually the clerks are from India and Pakistan, all
are very experienced and can give good advice.

Everything that is good and expensive is available in the shops at Al Lisaili airfield. And the warehouses
behind the display areas are full. There you can buy the large full GRP models "off the shelf". But the de-
sign is very much adapted to the local taste and not always everybody's cup of tea.

If you have forgotten something at home at the airport, you can
buy it on the spot. From the turbine or the single propeller to the
ready-to-fly model, everything is available here.

ar Al Lisaili, with covered parking areas, trailer park, clubhou- through this huge area of camel farms. Impressive. And then
se, residential complexes for the employees, model building you stand in front of the entrance to the model airfield. The ac-
shops and various hangars for model airplanes, etc. cess road is perfectly asphalted, but a barrier is closed, secu-
Al Lisaili is a desert settlement in the Emirate of Dubai, and rity personnel appears. Entrance controls, the sheikh would
was chosen with care. Sport is very important here. Some be there. The reason for the visit was explained, the ID cards
clubs like the famous SkyDive Dubai are located here. And were checked; everything is in order. The barrier was opened
especially the camel sport seems to rank above everything el- and a model airplane paradise opened like in Thousand and
se here. Al Lisaili is home to the Al Marmoom Camel Racing One Nights. I had already been all over the world, but I had not
Track and a large number of camel farms, breeding centres yet seen this. A huge area just for model flying, perfectly
and municipal veterinary services. Of course Dubai's camel asphalted roads and access routes, a special area for RC car
market with over 130 shops is also here. That alone is worth a and buggy operation, parking lots suspended with sun sails
trip. Visitors from all over the Arab world come here to trade and fixed roofs in the assembly area of the model aircraft.
and race; these are major events. Green is one of the colours on the national flag. Among other
But they do not compete with the model flight events, be- things, it symbolizes the fertility of the country and is therefo-
cause the camel races are in summer, the model flight takes re a special good. In the desert, however, the colour is not so
place in winter. One leaves the highway and has to pass common, it rains here only on about 20 days a year. Not so on

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