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from Headquarters
Advertising Representative: Mark Lanterman, Airborne Media 5655 David Place, Fairfield OH 45014
Telephone: (513) 829-4060; Fax: (513) 829-4065
President Dave Brown
Executive Vice President Doug Holland
Vice Presidents (addresses in AMA News section) District VI Charlie Bauer
District I Don Krafft District VII William Oberdieck
District II Dave Mathewson District VIII Sandy Frank
District III Bob Brown District IX Russ Miller
District IV Bliss Teague District X Richard Hanson
District V Jim McNeill District XI Bruce Nelson
AMA Executive Director Joyce Hager
NAA Representative Don Koranda
Published by The Academy of Model Aeronautics
Editorial offices: (765) 287-1256 ext. 224 (8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.) Fax: (765) 281-7907
Director of Publications Rob Kurek
Managing Editor Shelia Ames Webb Art Director Carla Hart Kunz
Aeromodeling Editor Bob Hunt Production Associate Jennifer Orebaugh
AMA News Editor Elizabeth Helms Graphic Designer Lydia Whitehead
Account Executive Angela Martin Administrative Assistant Katie Phillips
Stan Alexander
Bill Boss
Paul Bradley
Sal Calvagna
Curt Contrata
John Elliot
Duane Gall
Mike Garton
Dave Garwood
Eric Henderson
Mike Hurley
Louis Joyner
Mike Keville
Bob Kopski
Rich Lopez
Eloy Marez
Dave Mark
D.B. Mathews
Dave McDonald
Richard L. Perry
Fernando Ramos
Dave Robelen
Greg Rose
Gene Smith
Bud Tenny
Joe Wagner
Contributing Editors
Model Aviation (ISSN 0744-5059, USPS 087-930 Publications Agreement No. 1522051) is owned exclusively by The
Academy of Model Aeronautics, Inc., a nonprofit organization, and published monthly at 5161 East Memorial Drive,
Muncie IN 47302. Copyright Academy of Model Aeronautics, 2003. Model Aviation and the AMA and Wings & Torch logo
are registered trademarks of the Academy of Model Aeronautics. All rights reserved. When membership in the Academy
of Model Aeronautics includes subscription to Model Aviation, $18.00 of the dues are for the subscription. Membership is
open to all who are interested in model aviation.
Non-AMA-Member Subscription Rates: At U.S. addresses, $36.00 for 12 months; elsewhere (including Canada),
$60.00 a year; payable in advance.
Schools (U.S.), $12.00 per year. Libraries (U.S.), $16.00 per year. Send subscription orders/ payments and changes of
address to the attention of AMA Membership Department. Six weeks are required for change of address; give new and
old addresses as printed on latest label. Back issues, $4.50 (including postage).
Editorial Offices: Model Aviation, 5161 East Memorial Drive, Muncie, IN 47302.
Advertising Offices: Airborne Media, 5655 David Place, Fairfield OH 45014. (For general AMA business, memberships,
AMA-member and non-member subscriptions, Sanctioned Events Calendar, etc., contact AMA Headquarters.) See
telephone numbers above.
Model Aviation and/or the Academy of Model Aeronautics should not be considered to endorse any advertised products or
messages pertaining thereto. Content of all articles, model designs, special features, and columns of this magazine is the
opinion of the author and does not necessarily represent the official position of the Academy of Model Aeronautics. We
cannot accept responsibility for unsolicited articles or artwork. Any material submitted must include return postage.
Periodical rate postage paid at Muncie IN and at additional mailing offices.
Postmaster: Send address changes to Academy of Model Aeronautics, 5161 East Memorial
Drive, Muncie, IN 47302, Attn: Membership Department
(765) 287-1256 www.modelaircraft.org FAX: (765) 289-4248
2003 AMA OFFICERS
MEMBERSHIP QUESTIONS? CALL (800) I FLY AMA (435-9262)
MODEL AVIATION
Seeking AMA National Newsletters
The National Model Aviation Museum’s
library wants to complete its collection of
AMA National Newsletters. It is missing
issues from 1991 through 1994. If you
would like to donate any of these issues,
please contact me at (800) I-FLY-AMA
(435-9262). MA
—Rich LaGrange
National Model Aviation Museum
Librarian
New Introductory Membership
With an ever-increasing number of
recreational activities from which
consumers can choose, it is important that
we make sure modeling gets its fair share of
exposure.
With that in mind, AMA is putting the
final touches on a new Introductory
Membership Program that will create even
more awareness of the sport, and hopefully
introduce new people to the fun and
excitement that it offers.
With the projected launch in the fall of
this year, the program will offer new
participants the opportunity to “try” a
membership on a limited basis. The
advertising promotion will be aimed at new
segments that haven’t been reached before.
Watch for more exciting details in
upcoming issues of Model Aviation, on the
AMA Web site, and in other areas of the
model-aviation press. MA
—Tom Schwyn
AMA Marketing/Public Relations
Director
New Control Line Facility Named
At the April 26, 2003, Executive Council
meeting, it was voted to name a Control
Line facility being constructed at the
International Aeromodeling Center in
Muncie, Indiana, “The Columbia ‘Willie
McCool’ Circle.”
Commander McCool was the pilot of the
space shuttle Columbia, which was lost
during its re-entry to the earth’s atmosphere
on February 1, 2003. He was a lifelong
modeler who grew up in Lubbock, Texas.
He credited his early interest in aviation
to his childhood participation in Control
Line activities in West Texas. In later years
he and his father (also a lifelong AMA
member) participated in Radio Control
modeling in West Texas.
It is anticipated that a formal dedication
for this new venue will be held to coincide
with the opening ceremonies of the Control
Line World Championships during the
summer of 2004. MA
—Sandy Frank
AMA District VIII Vice President
Continued on page 189
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08sig1.QXD 5.23.03 3:16 pm Page 6
Continued from page 6
On the Fly
Torrey Pines AMA’s First Model
Aviation Historical Landmark
At the April 26 Executive Council
meeting, members voted unanimously to
establish a program to select and recognize
landmarks significant to the development and
furtherance of model aviation, and by the
same action identified the Torrey Pines
Gliderport in La Jolla, California, to be
AMA’s first Model Aviation Historical
Landmark.
Located 15 miles north of downtown San
Diego, along the coastline, Radio Control
(RC) Soaring at Torrey Pines began in the
early 1950s. Through the years, members of
the TPG and the Harbor Slope Soaring
Society of Costa Mesa, California, have
enjoyed the magnificent Slope Soaring
conditions at the Torrey Pines cliffs.
In 1992 the Torrey Pines Gliderport was
dedicated as a National Soaring Landmark by
the National Soaring Museum and a San
Diego City Historic Site, and it is listed on the
California State and Federal Registers of
Historic Places.
AMA’s recognition of Torrey Pines as a
Model Aviation Historical Landmark serves
to symbolize the importance of aeromodeling
as part of the cliff’s rich aviation history and
to help ensure that RC Soaring continues at
this historic location for years to come. MA
—Rich Hanson
AMA District X Vice President
New Life Members
The Academy of Model Aeronautics
recently welcomed new Life Members Peter
C. Sahlberg (L1141) and Andrew D.
Tuberville (L378).
For information about becoming a Life
Member, contact AMA Headquarters at (800)
435-9262. MA
—Membership Department
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/08
Page Numbers: 6,189
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/08
Page Numbers: 6,189
On the Fly
Late-breaking news
from Headquarters
Advertising Representative: Mark Lanterman, Airborne Media 5655 David Place, Fairfield OH 45014
Telephone: (513) 829-4060; Fax: (513) 829-4065
President Dave Brown
Executive Vice President Doug Holland
Vice Presidents (addresses in AMA News section) District VI Charlie Bauer
District I Don Krafft District VII William Oberdieck
District II Dave Mathewson District VIII Sandy Frank
District III Bob Brown District IX Russ Miller
District IV Bliss Teague District X Richard Hanson
District V Jim McNeill District XI Bruce Nelson
AMA Executive Director Joyce Hager
NAA Representative Don Koranda
Published by The Academy of Model Aeronautics
Editorial offices: (765) 287-1256 ext. 224 (8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.) Fax: (765) 281-7907
Director of Publications Rob Kurek
Managing Editor Shelia Ames Webb Art Director Carla Hart Kunz
Aeromodeling Editor Bob Hunt Production Associate Jennifer Orebaugh
AMA News Editor Elizabeth Helms Graphic Designer Lydia Whitehead
Account Executive Angela Martin Administrative Assistant Katie Phillips
Stan Alexander
Bill Boss
Paul Bradley
Sal Calvagna
Curt Contrata
John Elliot
Duane Gall
Mike Garton
Dave Garwood
Eric Henderson
Mike Hurley
Louis Joyner
Mike Keville
Bob Kopski
Rich Lopez
Eloy Marez
Dave Mark
D.B. Mathews
Dave McDonald
Richard L. Perry
Fernando Ramos
Dave Robelen
Greg Rose
Gene Smith
Bud Tenny
Joe Wagner
Contributing Editors
Model Aviation (ISSN 0744-5059, USPS 087-930 Publications Agreement No. 1522051) is owned exclusively by The
Academy of Model Aeronautics, Inc., a nonprofit organization, and published monthly at 5161 East Memorial Drive,
Muncie IN 47302. Copyright Academy of Model Aeronautics, 2003. Model Aviation and the AMA and Wings & Torch logo
are registered trademarks of the Academy of Model Aeronautics. All rights reserved. When membership in the Academy
of Model Aeronautics includes subscription to Model Aviation, $18.00 of the dues are for the subscription. Membership is
open to all who are interested in model aviation.
Non-AMA-Member Subscription Rates: At U.S. addresses, $36.00 for 12 months; elsewhere (including Canada),
$60.00 a year; payable in advance.
Schools (U.S.), $12.00 per year. Libraries (U.S.), $16.00 per year. Send subscription orders/ payments and changes of
address to the attention of AMA Membership Department. Six weeks are required for change of address; give new and
old addresses as printed on latest label. Back issues, $4.50 (including postage).
Editorial Offices: Model Aviation, 5161 East Memorial Drive, Muncie, IN 47302.
Advertising Offices: Airborne Media, 5655 David Place, Fairfield OH 45014. (For general AMA business, memberships,
AMA-member and non-member subscriptions, Sanctioned Events Calendar, etc., contact AMA Headquarters.) See
telephone numbers above.
Model Aviation and/or the Academy of Model Aeronautics should not be considered to endorse any advertised products or
messages pertaining thereto. Content of all articles, model designs, special features, and columns of this magazine is the
opinion of the author and does not necessarily represent the official position of the Academy of Model Aeronautics. We
cannot accept responsibility for unsolicited articles or artwork. Any material submitted must include return postage.
Periodical rate postage paid at Muncie IN and at additional mailing offices.
Postmaster: Send address changes to Academy of Model Aeronautics, 5161 East Memorial
Drive, Muncie, IN 47302, Attn: Membership Department
(765) 287-1256 www.modelaircraft.org FAX: (765) 289-4248
2003 AMA OFFICERS
MEMBERSHIP QUESTIONS? CALL (800) I FLY AMA (435-9262)
MODEL AVIATION
Seeking AMA National Newsletters
The National Model Aviation Museum’s
library wants to complete its collection of
AMA National Newsletters. It is missing
issues from 1991 through 1994. If you
would like to donate any of these issues,
please contact me at (800) I-FLY-AMA
(435-9262). MA
—Rich LaGrange
National Model Aviation Museum
Librarian
New Introductory Membership
With an ever-increasing number of
recreational activities from which
consumers can choose, it is important that
we make sure modeling gets its fair share of
exposure.
With that in mind, AMA is putting the
final touches on a new Introductory
Membership Program that will create even
more awareness of the sport, and hopefully
introduce new people to the fun and
excitement that it offers.
With the projected launch in the fall of
this year, the program will offer new
participants the opportunity to “try” a
membership on a limited basis. The
advertising promotion will be aimed at new
segments that haven’t been reached before.
Watch for more exciting details in
upcoming issues of Model Aviation, on the
AMA Web site, and in other areas of the
model-aviation press. MA
—Tom Schwyn
AMA Marketing/Public Relations
Director
New Control Line Facility Named
At the April 26, 2003, Executive Council
meeting, it was voted to name a Control
Line facility being constructed at the
International Aeromodeling Center in
Muncie, Indiana, “The Columbia ‘Willie
McCool’ Circle.”
Commander McCool was the pilot of the
space shuttle Columbia, which was lost
during its re-entry to the earth’s atmosphere
on February 1, 2003. He was a lifelong
modeler who grew up in Lubbock, Texas.
He credited his early interest in aviation
to his childhood participation in Control
Line activities in West Texas. In later years
he and his father (also a lifelong AMA
member) participated in Radio Control
modeling in West Texas.
It is anticipated that a formal dedication
for this new venue will be held to coincide
with the opening ceremonies of the Control
Line World Championships during the
summer of 2004. MA
—Sandy Frank
AMA District VIII Vice President
Continued on page 189
6 MODEL AVIATION
08sig1.QXD 5.23.03 3:16 pm Page 6
Continued from page 6
On the Fly
Torrey Pines AMA’s First Model
Aviation Historical Landmark
At the April 26 Executive Council
meeting, members voted unanimously to
establish a program to select and recognize
landmarks significant to the development and
furtherance of model aviation, and by the
same action identified the Torrey Pines
Gliderport in La Jolla, California, to be
AMA’s first Model Aviation Historical
Landmark.
Located 15 miles north of downtown San
Diego, along the coastline, Radio Control
(RC) Soaring at Torrey Pines began in the
early 1950s. Through the years, members of
the TPG and the Harbor Slope Soaring
Society of Costa Mesa, California, have
enjoyed the magnificent Slope Soaring
conditions at the Torrey Pines cliffs.
In 1992 the Torrey Pines Gliderport was
dedicated as a National Soaring Landmark by
the National Soaring Museum and a San
Diego City Historic Site, and it is listed on the
California State and Federal Registers of
Historic Places.
AMA’s recognition of Torrey Pines as a
Model Aviation Historical Landmark serves
to symbolize the importance of aeromodeling
as part of the cliff’s rich aviation history and
to help ensure that RC Soaring continues at
this historic location for years to come. MA
—Rich Hanson
AMA District X Vice President
New Life Members
The Academy of Model Aeronautics
recently welcomed new Life Members Peter
C. Sahlberg (L1141) and Andrew D.
Tuberville (L378).
For information about becoming a Life
Member, contact AMA Headquarters at (800)
435-9262. MA
—Membership Department