July 2008 175
THE WEAK SIGNALS Toledo Show was
good once again with many new products
and much trading and buying on the floor
and in the swap meet area.
I attended my first Safety Committee
meeting on Monday after the show and can
say I am proud to serve with this group of
diversely talented folks. I consider the
members professional and thoughtful.
Thanks to Bob Underwood and AMA’s
Ilona Maine for organizing a lengthy
agenda and managing to get us through it in
reasonable time.
The River City RC club’s spring float fly
was held at Martinez Lake outside of San
Antonio. The dam had just been rebuilt and
in the process the entire field and shore line
were improved.
CD Rick Carlo was instrumental in
rebuilding the ramp as well as other field
maintenance.
CD Rick Carlo conducts pilots’ meeting.
Rick did everything right for the event
except order calm winds. More than 30 pilots
enjoyed each other’s company while many
eventful flights were conducted. A number of
airplanes are built specifically for this event
and people travel great distances to attend.
Too bad the weatherman didn’t cooperate.
A view of the pits at the River City RC event.
The Executive Council met in April and
conducted much business on a long
Saturday.
Among the items approved was the
2008 Flying Site Grant Awards.
Congratulations to the following
District VIII clubs on their awards: Golden
Triangle RC Club, Grand Prairie, Texas;
Tejas RC Association in the Rio Grande
Valley in South Texas; Jetero RC Club,
Huffman, Texas; and Angelo RC, San
Angelo, Texas. AMA awarded $33,009.40
to clubs this year.
Get your plans together next year and
apply for a grant for your club project. If
approved, AMA might fund up to 10% of
your project!
South Plains Electric Flyers of Plainview,
Texas, had its third Annual Fly-In on April
26-27. The CD of record, Jim Belyeu,
passed away three weeks before the event
but he had already made arrangements for a
young man to take the reigns.
When Reegan May turned 19 in
February, Jim and a couple of other area
leaders endorsed and requested expediting
of his application. I approved his CD status
in March and Reegan ran his first event as
a licensed CD in place of Jim.
I attended the event and gave an award
to Trisha Belyeu in memory of her
husband, a personal friend of mine, who
was a hard-working and dedicated modeler
and volunteer for many years.
Trisha Belyeu receives the award in memory
of her husband.
Trisha gave a heartfelt thanks to
everyone present, for the joy they had given
her husband and she got a lot of hugs.
Reegan conducted a professional pilot’s
meeting and kept the event running
smoothly. The club even conducted a twoclass
Pattern competition.
Class C Results: (L-R) Dennis Robbins,
second; Mike Robbins, third; CD Reegan
May, first.
Class D participants had John Johnson (third
from the right) in first place; me (kneeling on
the right) in second; and Troy Driggers (top
row far right) in third place.
Four 6-foot indoor airplanes flew well
and were impressive.
(L-R) Michael Connally, Tri Pacer; Gary
Jones, Cessna 402; Ernest Butler,
Spacewalker; and Reegan May, A10.
Congratulations to this young man and
his club for conducting a professional and
enjoyable event.
Have fun and fly safely! See you on the
flightline. Jim.
Jim Rice
Vice President
118 E. Wright Blvd.,
Universal City TX 78148
Tel.: (210) 213-0299
(evenings)
www.AMA-Dist-8.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Lester L. Barry, Bethany OK;
(405) 789-5373
Bill Fulmer, Gretna LA;
(504) 392-3620
Jack Hogan, Chandler TX;
(903) 849-4193 (Evenings)
Mark S. Johnston, Albuquerque
NM; (505) 823-0158
Jim D. Marshall, Mission TX;
(956) 585-6446
Douglas E. Powell, Wichita Falls
TX; (940) 691-8348
Doug Staines, Belton TX
(254) 780-3512
Ron Stanfield, Maumelle AR;
(501) 851-1697
Pat Willcox, Kingwood TX;
(281) 358-1750
Frequency Coordinator
North: Joe DuMond, Ft. Worth
TX; (817) 457-6685
South: Gene Kent, Tomball TX;
(281) 255-4805
AMA Display Coordinator
David Johns, Deer Park TX
(281) 476-4820
Safety Coordinator
Chuck Waller, Canyon Lake TX;
(210) 563-4246
District VIII Volunteers
District VIII
Jim Rice, District VIII Vice President; [email protected]
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Edition: Model Aviation - 2008/07
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