September 2006 167
District V
Tony Stillman, District V Vice President; [email protected]
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands
SUMMER IS HERE and the flying is hot!
Many good events and a lot of fun—isn’t
that what modeling is all about?
I am off to Muncie in a couple of weeks
for an Executive Council meeting. One of
the big items we are working on is to hire a
new Executive Director (ED). We had
roughly 60 applicants and a committee is in
process to weed this number down.
Hopefully, we will have a new ED
onboard before the end of the year!
Let’s see what events we have to report.
From Jhon Russell in Alabama:
“I had the opportunity to attend West
Alabama Aero Modelers (WAAM) firstever
Warbird Fly-In this past April 14, 2006.
WAAM is going to make this one of its
annual events and by the looks of this year’s
attendees, it’s going to be a big event for
this area!
“Scale pilots from all across the
Southeast came during this Easter weekend
to display and fly their Scale warbirds.
Models of World War I and II aircraft were
on display, and the many spectators who
came by to see this well-advertised event
were duly impressed with the level of detail
these models had.
The pilots who build and fly these models
really are master craftsman.
“CD and event coordinator Frank Baty
did an outstanding job running the day’s
program. He even arranged for a couple of
full-scale aircraft fly-bys that got the crowd
excited! The members of WAAM are to be
commended for their participation and
support of this event. Five club members
brought out their warbirds to fly along with
14 who came from out-of-town!
“Best of Show went to Bill Krummel
with his AT-6 Texan. Attendees at the event
held some surprises as well. Local full-scale
airshow pilot Mark Henley (wing pilot of
the North American Aeroshell Airshow
Team AT-6 Texans) brought his Cub and
put on an impressive show.
“In the crowd of spectators, Mr. Edward
Calevin walked out and introduced himself
as a former World War II P-51 fighter pilot!
Well into his 80s, his memory was still
sharp as he entertained the attendees with
his war stories and of the many campaigns
that he was a part of in Italy.”
The kids got a kick out of talking to a reallive
World War II pilot!
Visit WAAM’s Web site at www.
waam.us/ for more pictures, and information
about the club, and please, support your
local clubs by attending their events!
Regional interclub support will help this
hobby grow!
The Tangerine Pattern contest was held
April 29-30, 2006. The Remote Control
Association of Central Florida (RCACF)
hosted this annual classic on its fabulous
flying field; a 750-foot north/south runway
and 65 acres of open airspace makes for
great precision flying.
CD Steve Homenda did an outstanding
job with the contest as did the pilots
managing a 16-20-knot crosswind! These
pilots know what they are doing and it
reflects in their craft. The RCACF staff of
helpers kept the “weenie-wagon” open and
the burgers were excellent.
I managed to see another flow of
electric-powered Pattern aircraft and as
usual, Jason Shulman did an outstanding
job. His level of commitment to the sport is
unique and it shows in his flying. All these
pilots are to be commended for an
outstanding performance in the wind!
Tony Stillman
Vice President
3702 N. Pace Blvd.,
Pensacola FL 32505
Tel.: (850) 324-5832
www.amadistrict-v.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Alabama:
Lamar Blair, Decatur AL;
(256) 303-8349;
[email protected]
Jhon P. Russell, Mount Olive AL;
(205) 213-5240;
[email protected]
Florida:
Gene Martine, Jacksonville FL;
[email protected]
Jim Saiff, Tampa FL; (813)-969-
4262; jsaiffchipmunkrc@
verizon.net
Jose Soto, Apopka FL;
[email protected]
Georgia:
Bob Dixon, Macon GA;
[email protected]
Nick Wright, Moultrie GA;
[email protected]
Freddie L. McClellan, Marietta
GA; (770) 402-6570; fred@
amadistrict-v.org
Mississippi:
Paul Verger, Biloxi MS;
(228) 826-4892
Terry W. Boston, Byhalia MS;
(662) 838-5541; TBoston1@
midsouth.rr.com
Puerto Rico:
Richard Prann, San Juan PR; Day
(800) 424-1322; Cell (787) 643-
0373; [email protected]
South Carolina:
Jim Fender, Batesburg SC; (803)
414-2591; [email protected]
Tennessee:
Charles R. Anderson,
Chattanooga TN; (423) 227-6725;
[email protected]
Albert Glenn, Memphis TN;
(901) 647-4211);
[email protected]
Owen Maupin, Collegedale TN;
(423) 240-3525;
[email protected]
Billy Miller, Blountville TN; (423)
335-2486; [email protected]
Dick Tonan, La Vergne TN;
[email protected]
Safety Coordinator: Red
Schofield, Newberry FL; (352)
331-8410; redscho@
bellsouth.net
Frequency Coordinator: Nick
Wright, Moultrie GA; (229) 324-
7674; gmcsierra91@
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Edition: Model Aviation - 2006/09
Page Numbers: 167