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NOTE: District X Vice President Rich
Hanson was not in attendance.
The following motions were approved by
acclamation:
• To accept the minutes of the July 12,
2003 Executive Council meeting.
• To approve the sanction for the 2004
National Aero Modeling Championships as
a “AAAAA” event; with Indoor to be held
May 26-30, 2004 and Outdoor June 25-
August 6, 2004.
• To approve the bid for the United
States (AMA) to host the 2007 F3C World
Championships.
The following mail votes were read into the
Minutes:
• To place Michael Moss’ name on the
ballot for the 2004 election. Passed.
• To award the Distinguished Service
Award to Kai Jensen. Passed.
Note: The motion to amend the budget
(MOTION II), was voted prior to voting on
acceptance of the 2004 budget (MOTION I).
Motion I: Moved and seconded to accept
the budget for 2004, as amended.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion II: Moved and to amend the budget
for 2004 by adding $121,000.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion III: Moved and seconded to accept
the document titled Safety Regulations for
Fixed/Rotary Wing Model Aircraft Gas
Turbines, with changes/corrections.
*Caveat: Any turbine waiver applied for
this year (as of the time this document is
voted on), is grandfathered in for the first
year (2004). This means an applicant does
not have to complete the 20 flights until
their renewal comes up (for 2005). All those
applying as of January 1, 2004, will have to
comply with the requirements.
Motion passed: 8 yes; 3 no (V, VII, IX);
1 abstain (NAA).
A conference call was held on Friday,
November 14, 2003, regarding Motion III
that was recently passed at the last
Executive Council meeting. It was moved
and seconded that Motion III involving
Turbine Regulations passed at the
November 1, 2003, Executive Council
Meeting be held in abeyance pending a
review of the airframe requirements with
inputs from the Safety Committee, Turbine
Advisory Committee, Turbine Community
and the JPO.
Motion passed: 9 yes; 3 no (III, IX, X).
(Note: The document, Safety Regulations for
Fixed/Rotary Wing Model Aircraft Gas
Turbines, can be found in PDF format on the
AMA Web page at http://modelaircraft.org/
templates/ama/PDF-files/031101Turbine
SafetyRegulation.pdf.)
Prior to voting on the above motion, it was
moved by J. McNeill (V), to amend the
document items regarding static thrust and
speed. This amendment died for lack of a
second.
J. McNeill (V) then moved to table the
item. This action failed due to lack of a
second.
Motion IV: Moved and seconded, to accept
the Nominations Ad hoc Committee
recommendations pertaining to Nominating
Procedures, as modified.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion V: Moved and seconded to accept
the recommended change to the Standing
Rules relating to Leader Members, as
presented by the Nominations Ad hoc
Committee.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion VI: Moved and seconded, to accept
the Mission Statement for Model Aviation
magazine.
Motion passed unanimously.
It was moved and seconded, to create the
AMA Hall of Fame implementation
committee (an Ad hoc EC committee). After
discussion, the second was withdrawn.
Following clarification, the motion presented
regarding “references” on the Leader Member
application, was withdrawn.
Executive Council Meeting Highlights and
2004 Election Results
The motions below are part of the unofficial minutes of the meeting. Minutes from a
given meeting are not official until they are approved at the next quarterly Council
meeting. Questions or comments on the motions should be addressed to your District
Vice President.
2004 Election
Results
District II
Dave Mathewson 1,717
District IV
Bliss Teague 1,233
District VI
Charlie Bauer 1,918
District VIII
Sandy Frank 1,931
Horrace Cain 553
Michael Moss 471
District X
Richard Hanson 3,097
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Motions made at the November 1, 2003, Executive
Council Meeting in Muncie, Indiana
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Don Godfrey, 69, began aeromodeling at the
age of 10. A Free Flight (FF) enthusiast until
his teens, Don won his first award in
Syracuse, New York, taking second place. In
his earliest days of modeling, Don competed
with such airplanes as the Comet Zipper and
Vagabond.
During the Korean conflict, as a member
of the United States Army Band, Don’s
attention turned to music which consumed
much of his time. Don got back into
aeromodeling in 1970 when he built a Proctor
Antic kit with a Pro-Line radio system.
Don’s newfound enthusiasm led him into
Radio Control (RC) and into AMA.
In 1976, Don designed and built the first
Giant Scale Stearman biplane by enlarging
plans from a Sterling Stearman kit.
Don began corresponding with other
United States and Canadian modelers
interested in building and flying large RC
models. In 1980, Don was asked to become
president of a newly established organization
dedicated to large models, the International
Miniature Aircraft Association (IMAA).
Interest in Giant Scale modeling was
growing, and during the 1980s Don
contributed articles on the subject of RC
aircraft to several publications. He designed
the first Giant Scale B-25 Mitchell bomber.
The aircraft had a 148-inch wingspan and two
2.3 Kioritz gas engines. Don demonstrated
the airplane for nine years until it crashed in
1992.
In 1983 Don formed the Binghamton
Aeros, a club sanctioned by both IMAA and
AMA. In 1990, he formed a new Giant Scale
club, the Giant Scale Aircraft Association,
also chartered by AMA and IMAA.
For more than 50 years Don has been
involved with model airplanes and he
continues to teach aspects of the hobby.
Owner of Don Godfrey’s Hobbies, he is
responsible for designing an experimental
plan allowing extra-large models to fly.
Other distinctions include the creation of a
chapter network for IMAA that covered 14
countries worldwide. He set up guidelines for
Giant Scale events and instigated the first
IMAA safety inspection program that is now
mandatory at all IMAA and most AMAsanctioned
events.
Don was honored with the AMA Pioneer
Award in 1998.
Gene Hempel, 68, began aeromodeling with
his father but did not compete until he
finished college. In the early 1960s he
graduated from Arlington State College with
a degree in aerospace engineering.
While employed in the aviation industry
as a flight test engineer for the F8U-1
program, he attended flight school in
Maryland to gain flight status as a Type
Acceptance Pilot for the US Navy.
Gene began flying Control Line (CL) in
1970. His area of interest was Speed, and he
contributed articles on the subject to Model
Aviation from 1975 to 1988. Each article
pertained to engine modifications to gain
extra speed.
Gene and his son Patrick Hempel started a
machine shop business in 1985
manufacturing RC engine accessories and
replacement parts for military and
commercial applications.
In 1970, Gene became a contest director
(CD) and supervised several local and
national CL Speed events. In 1984, he was
named the Event Director for the Fédération
Aéronautique International (FAI) F2A World
Championships.
Gene has served in a number of club
positions for the Dallas Model Aircraft
Association and served an integral role in
securing the present Control Line site in
Dallas, Texas, known as Hobby Park.
In 1988, Gene was elected AMA vice
president for District VIII. He served in this
capacity until 1994 when he moved out of the
district. Gene chaired the AMA Safety
Committee from 1989 to 1994.
In 2002, Gene taught principles of
aeronautics to elementary school students
from Weimar, Texas, during their visits to the
Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum in
Schulenburg, Texas. He is currently working
on the Advanced Aviation Project planned
for the Boy Scouts of America, assisting with
live demonstrations and workshops.
Tom Hunt, 45, began flying CL models in
high school. After earning a bachelor’s
degree in mechanical engineering from the
Northeast Massachusetts University, he
began working at Grumman Aircraft
Engineering Corporation. Tom works as a
senior aero test engineering specialist at
Northrop Grumman Corporation.
As an innovator in aerospace engineering,
Tom was one of the first engineers to begin
using the CADAM computer graphics system
and is today a nationwide expert of the
CATIA program used by nearly all aerospace
firms.
Tom has created a number of special RC
designs including a ducted-fan F-14 Tomcat
and the Vertigo, a vertical-transitional flyer
that can take off vertically and then move into
forward flight. Tom’s unique designs have
appeared in many model publications
including Model Aviation, Flying Models,
and RCM.
In the late 1980s, Tom became involved
in electric-powered flight. Electric is now the
only power source he uses. In 1994, he
founded a model manufacturing and design
company called Modelair-Tech, entirely
dedicated to electric flight. Tom has created
dozens of designs, plans, and kits.
As a competitor, Tom is a regular at the
National Aeromodeling Championships
(Nats) since the 1980s. In 1997, he was the
high-points winner at the Electric Nats in
Muncie, Indiana, and received the Electric
Grand National Championship Award.
In 2001, Tom headed a design team that
produced a large RC model known as the
Cross-Sounder. Tom and a crew of fliers
made history by making a complete round
trip from Long Island, New York, to the
shores of Connecticut. The flight was more
ESTABLISHED IN 1969, the Model Aviation Hall of Fame
honors those men and women who have made significant
contributions to the sport of aeromodeling.
The list of members is long and distinguished.
Contributions may be in volunteer or administrative activities,
product development, competition performance, or a variety or
combination of activities.
The selection committee is composed of past and present
AMA presidents and one individual selected from each of the
11 districts by the respective vice presidents.
Each year, the new class is inducted into the Model
Aviation Hall of Fame, and the winners are announced in
Model Aviation magazine.
Any AMA member can submit a Hall of Fame nomination.
For a nomination form or further information, contact Michael
Smith: (765) 287-1256, ext. 500.
The committee has selected the following modelers to join
the Model Aviation Hall of Fame.
2003 Model Aviation
Hall of Fame Inductees
For more than 50 years
Don Godfrey has been
involved with model
airplanes.
Gene Hempel was elected
AMA Vice President for
District VIII.
Tom Hunt created the
show known as the NEAT
Fair, held every
September.
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than 30 miles and was completed nonstop
with a single battery pack.
Tom was responsible for the restoration of
the Keystone Radio Control Club’s Electric-
Fly, once the world’s largest electric-powered
model aircraft show. Tom created the
replacement show, known as the Northeast
Electric Aircraft Technology (NEAT) Fair,
held every September in upstate New York at
the Peaceful Valley Campgrounds.
Luther Hux, 60, began aeromodeling when
he was in high school. Experimenting with
both CL and FF designs, Luther’s early days
in aeromodeling were marked by numerous
mishaps. In the spirit of perseverance, Luther
continued to model and fly CL models at the
airport in Halifax County, North Carolina.
His favorite models were Sterling’s UControl
Profiles, powered by a McCoy .29
engine.
In the 1970s, Luther began flying RC
models. His first was a Goldberg Ranger
using an O.S. .10 engine. Luther now designs
and flies RC models for the Virginia Air
Show Squadron. His designs are selfdescribed
as “off-the-wall” and include a
Starship Enterprise RC model with no visible
wings. He is responsible for creating a radiocontrolled
hot air balloon that uses no hot air.
Today, Luther takes photographs for the
Project Snapshot series. He continues to work
as the coordinator for Dulles International
Airport’s Plane Pull program for the Special
Olympics. With the help of friends from the
Virginia Air Show Squadron, Luther
designed and installed the AMA exhibit at
Dulles and continues to maintain it.
As a member of the Virginia Air Show
Squadron for more than 20 years, Luther
performed in roughly 140 air shows. He has
published numerous articles on model
aviation, contributed photographs, created
exhibits and displays, and has been a featured
guest speaker on several occasions. He has
taught model aviation classes for the Fairfax
County, Virginia, adult education program
and Smithsonian Residents Associate
Program.
Luther placed first at the Smithsonian Kite
Festival from 1982 through 1985 and was a
nine-time winner in the Northern Virginia
Radio Control Club’s Building Contest for
design uniqueness. In 1998 Luther received
the AMA’s Pioneer Award.
Anthony Italiano, 80, grew up in Waukesha,
Wisconsin, where he joined other
aeromodeling enthusiasts and started the
Ground Pilots, a club devoted to flying,
1969
Walter Billett
Carl Goldberg
Charles H. Grant
Willis C. Brown*
Walter A. Good*
N. E. “Jim” Walker
Frank Zaic Ca
1970
Dick Korda
Al Lewis*
Bill Winter
1971
None
1972
Howard McEntee
1973
Ocie Randall
1974
William L. Brown
William R. Enyart
Irwin S. Polk
Nathan Polk
Sal Taibi
1975
Irwin Ohlsson*
C.O. Wright*
Walt Schroder
Jim Kirkland
Lieut. Harold W. “John” Alden
1976
Harold deBolt FL
Frank Ehling VA
Merrill C. Hamburg
Chester Lanzo
Henry Struck
1977
John E. Brodbeck
Maynard L. Hill*
Bert Pond
Peter J. Sotich*
Ken Willard
1978
Duke Fox
Phil Kraft
E. T. Packard
Leon Shulman
John Worth*
1979
John E. Clemens
Claude McCullough*
L. Glen Sigafoose
Matthew A (Matty) Sullivan
Bill Wisniewski
1980
Sidney Axelrod
Kenneth G. Held*
Edward J. Lorenz
Fred W. Megow
Ben Shershaw PA
1981
Mel Anderson
Leroy M. Cox
Robert L. Palmer
Louis J. Andrews
Edward J. Lidgard
1982
William E. Atwood
James Dale Kirn
Joseph S. Ott
Edward L. Rockwood
Wally Simmers
Stephen Calhoun “Cal” Smith
1983
Maxwell B. (Max) Bassett
Clarence F. Lee
Joseph John Lucas
Dick McCoy
Lee Renaud
1984
George M. Aldrich
Myrtle Robbers-Coad
George Perryman
Granger Williams and Lawrence Williams
1985
Walt Caddell
Owen Kampen
Frank Nekimken
Dick Sarpolus
Victor and Joe Stanzel
1986
Bill Effinger
Dick Everett
Paul Guillow
Gordon Light
Dan Pruss
1987
Frank L. Cummings Jr.
William C. Hannan
Robert Hatschek
Robert Holland
Walter Musciano
William “Bill” Northrop
William Hewitt Phillips
John Pond
Louis Proctor
Joseph Raspante
1988
Donald Clark
Bill Gough
Jim Richmond
Dale Root
Hazel Sig-Hester
Henry A. Thomas
Frank Tlush and Charles Tlush
Elbert J. (Joe) Weathers
Dolly Wischer
1989
Joseph Bilgri
W.L. (Woody) Blanchard
Frank Garcher
Model Aviation Hall of Fame Recipients
Luther Hux coordinates
Dulles International’s
Plane Pull program for the
Special Olympics.
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Earl F. Stahl
Cliff Weirick*
1990
Joe Beshar
Paul Boyer
James “Jim” Cahill
Carl Fries
Milton Huguelet
1991
William “Bill” Bishop
Howard Bonner
Joseph W. Foster
Don Lowe*
John Tatone
1992
Hurst G. Bowers
Charles Tracy
Earl Witt*
1993
Merrick S. “Pete” Andrews
Robert A. Champine
Bud Romak
Norman Rosenstock
William Austin Wylam
1994
None
1995
Robert Boucher
Dr. Ralph C. Brooke
Vic Cunnyngham
Ed Izzo
Frank Hoover
1996
Joseph Bridi
William “Bill” Cannon Jr.
Art Laneau
Dave Platt
Bob Violett
1997
Roy Mayes
Francis McElwee
John C. Patton*
Robert Underwood
Robert Wischer
Neil Armstrong
1998
Bob Aberle
Jack Albrecht
Everet Angus*
George Buso
John Grigg*
Maxey Hester
Howard E. Johnson*
Joe Kovel
Vernon Krehbiel
Austin Leftwich
Gerald “Jerry” Nelson
William Netzeband
Frank Parmenter
Len Purdy
Edward Roberts*
Art Schroeder
George Steiner
Keith Storey*
1999
Arthur Adamisin
Edward Beshar
Roy L Clough Jr.
Robert Dunham
John Frisoli
C. Leslie Hard
Ronald Morgan
Harold Parenti
Robert Sifleet
Wayne Yeager
Nick Ziroli Sr.
2000
Robert Bienenstein
Roland Boucher
Edward Daniel Calkin
Joseph Elgin
Robert Gialdini
Ed Henry
Robin Hunt
George A. Reich
Robert W. Rich
Richard J. Sherman
Joe Wagner
LeRoy Weber
Jon Zaic
2001
Oba St. Clair
Joel Bunch
George Brown Jr.
Fred Reese
Stuart Richmond
J.C. Yates
Fred Marks
Francis Reynolds
Peter Waters
Herb Kothe
Jim Alaback
2002
Abram Van Dover
Bob Stalick
Bryant Thompson
Charlie Bauer
Dave Gierke
Howard Johnson
Jack Sheeks
John Hunton
Keith Shaw
Mickey Walker
Randy Randolph
Riley Wooten
2003
Don Godfrey
Gene Hempel
Tom Hunt
Luther Hux
Anthony Italiano
Arthur Johnson
Glen Lee
Addie Naccarato
Vernon MacNabb
Douglas Spreng
Tony Stillman
Winfred Urtnowski
* indicates former AMA president
exchanging ideas, and competing.
In the late 1930s, Tony started a modelsupply
company with his brother, Victor, and
sold modeling items at a reduced cost. The
brothers organized the Supreme Model
Supply Company which produced rubberpowered
model kits.
In 1942, both brothers joined the Army Air
Force. Tony joined the 13th Air Force and
worked his way up the ranks to become a
lieutenant colonel before war’s end.
Upon returning home, Tony resumed his
modeling activities. In 1949, he became
involved in RC aeromodeling. He was partly
responsible for the creation of the Lakeland
RC Club.
In addition to his interest in RC, Tony flew
FF and became president of the National Free
Flight Society (NFFS). At that time FF was
declining in popularity and Tony organized a
drive to rejuvenate the activity. He created
schedules, budgets, and improved venues.
Tony is credited with securing many
Indoor sites including the Eastern Tennessee
State University Mini-Dome in Johnson City,
Tennessee. This venue has been the main site
for Free Flight’s United States Indoor
Championships.
Tony was an administrator and CD for 12
years. Awards he has received include the
Class C Free Flight State Championship for
Wisconsin in 1941 and the Goldberg Vital
People Award in 1986.
Tony was inducted into the NFFS Hall of
Fame in 1993.
Arthur Johnson, 83, grew up in San Diego,
California, watching Navy airplanes practice
dive bombing in what is now Miramar, home
of the F-14 training school made famous in
the movie Top Gun. His first model was a
pine Fokker triplane. His first flying model
was a rubber-powered Baby ROG.
After serving in the armed forces during
World War II and the Korean War, Arthur
began flying CL models and in the 1960s he
began flying RC. While working in the
Pentagon, Arthur was talked into joining an
RC club at Andrews Air Force Base. After a
transfer to Langley Air Force Base, Arthur
picked up a Proctor Nieuport 11 kit with a
Ross .60 twin-cylinder engine.
In 1971, as a retired Air Force colonel,
Arthur and his wife moved to Florida. Arthur
took his RC models including the Nieuport,
an Aeromaster, and a VK Triplane. His
involvement in RC flying in Florida led him
to become the manager of the Florida Air
Show Team.
Arthur began actively building Scale
Tony Italiano organized a
drive to rejuvenate Free
Flight activity.
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models including a model of the F-82E. He
constructed a 94-inch-wingspan P-38 model
that flew for several years. The P-38 won
awards at the 1977 Nats in California. Model
Builder published plans for the P-38 as well
as some of Arthur’s later models including
the P-40 and P-43.
Arthur maintains an interest in Scale
models of military aircraft. In 1981, he
placed first in Giant Scale at the Nats in
Texas. He also entered models including a
ducted-fan F-100D and a Martin B-26.
Arthur is a member of a number of RC
clubs throughout the country, and is a charter
member of the National Association of Scale
Aeromodelers (NASA). He is one of the
oldest RC pilots still in active competition.
Glenn Lee, 71, first won a trophy at the Nats
in 1962. He founded the Tree Town
Modelairs, serving as the club’s newsletter
editor for several years.
Glenn authored the CL Speed column in
Model Aviation from 1994 to 2000. He
wrote the rules used in the popular .21 Sport
Speed event.
Elected District VI vice president from
1972 to 1979, Glenn received a Meritorious
Service Award in 1978 for his efforts.
A longtime competitor, Glenn was
United States Grand National Champion in
1968. He was Control Line Champion at the
1974 Nats and Speed Champion at the 2001
Nats. In FAI competition, Glenn was a twotime
member of the United States
International Speed Team in the 1960s and
1970s.
During this same time, Glenn competed
in Free Flight Helicopter and Indoor Hand-
Launched (HL) Glider contests. He has set
three CL Class B Speed records, most
recently in August 2002.
Vernon MacNabb, deceased, was a pioneer
of license-free radios for model airplanes.
Vernon built FF and CL models before
establishing the Citizen-Ship Radio
Corporation in 1950. Citizen-Ship was
created to develop and manufacture licensefree
radios at 465 megacycles, considered
impossible at the time.
Vernon’s work with the 465-megacycle
band was demonstrated at the Texas Nats in
1950. The new frequency helped
revolutionize license-free RC flying, and he
made significant contributions in the field of
vacuum tube technology.
Addie Naccarato, 76, became involved in
model aviation in her early teens. She had
brothers who built model airplanes but often
left them unfinished, so Addie finished her
brothers’ work. When her brothers sold the
airplanes, Addie was upset and her father
purchased a model for her. This was the start
of a life in model aviation.
After World War II, Addie and her
husband Tony began inventing model
airplane products. At the time, Addie was
flying CL models. In 1951, she and her
husband bought a hobby shop in Burbank,
California, and renamed it Tony and Addie’s
Hobby Lobby. Addie and her family
members taught CL and RC flight at the
Sepulvada Basin outside of Los Angeles.
With son Tony Jr., Addie built some of
the first Electric Free Flight airplanes and
received first place in a competition put on by
the Flight Masters Club of California with a
Free Flight design.
Addie is credited with giving more than
300 demonstrations across the country. Since
the days of giving demonstrations, she has
been a pioneer in Electric flight, building and
flying a scale B-36 bomber at the Quarter
Scale Association of America (QSAA) in Las
Vegas, Nevada. Addie developed rules for
Classes A and B of the AMA Electric Free
Flight and Control Line events.
Doug Spreng, 71, is well-known in the world
of RC. Doug started flying RC in 1955.
While working for Babcock Engineering Inc.,
Doug helped to develop a “hard tube” superregenerative
single-channel receiver.
In 1960, Doug created his famous Stormer
Pattern model, powered by a Lee .45. This
model won at the 1960 Nats. Working for the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the early 1960s,
Doug fashioned the concept of a digitalproportional
radio system. He named this
system Digicon for digital control.
Doug won a place on the 1966 AMA
International Team using his Thunderstormer
model controlled by a Micro-Avionics
system. At the International competition,
Doug placed third.
Doug met Harry Brooks of Great Britain,
who convinced Doug to move to the United
Kingdom. Together the two invented the
Sprengbrook RC system, which sold in the
United Kingdom.
Doug is responsible for developing the IC
servo amplifier, a two-channel RC glider unit,
and the Kraft Signature Series RC units in the
1970s. Doug is the 1976 recipient of the
Howard McEntee Award and was inducted
into the Vintage Radio Control Society Hall
of Fame that same year.
Tony Stillman, 45, has been a major
participant in the RC arena. He has planned
and developed several model airplane events
and education programs.
As past president of the National Society
of Radio Controlled Aerobatics (NSRCA),
Tony was granted lifetime membership. He
conducted a judge training and certification
school for several years at the Weak Signals’
Toledo Show for NSRCA.
Tony designed and ran three school
aviation programs and flew both airplane and
helicopter demonstration flights for the
Pensacola, Florida, school system.
He works in the model aviation industry,
spending 27 years at Radio South where he is
currently president.
Tony’s other accomplishments include
working as technical advisor measuring
airframes at the Tournament of Champions in
Las Vegas, Nevada. He has been published in
K Factor, the newsletter of NSRCA, and
Radio Rumblings.
Winfred “Windy” Urtnowski, 57, has been
an avid participant in CL Aerobatics for more
than 40 years. Primarily interested in F2B,
Windy has tinkered in RC and FF, once
owned and piloted a full-scale 1947 Ercoupe,
and even has a small model railroad. He has
flown in the Control Line Precision
Aerobatics National Championships since
1960, placing in the top five several times.
Windy has flown in FAI Team Trials
competitions, also placing in the top five
more than once. He has six Red Reinhardt
Cup wins and Massachusetts Cup wins in
1995 and 1997.
Windy was the recipient of the Concours
Award at the Nats in 1985, 1987, 1992, 1996,
and 1997. He won the Concours 20-Point
Award in 1988 and 1997.
Windy designed and flew seven Stunt
airplanes, most of which have appeared in
magazines. Two of his models have been
kitted. One design—the B-25 Mitchell
Bomber—won regional awards.
Windy has made more than 700 videos
covering Precision and Stunt model
construction, as well as flying and repairing
airplanes. His articles have appeared in
Model Aviation and Flying Models.
Windy is responsible for developing
Brodak dope, new engines and pipes, and is
an expert in the use of carbon fiber on
models.
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Arthur Johnson became
the manager of the Florida
Air Show Team.
With son Tony, Addie
Naccarato built some of
the first Electric Free
Flight airplanes.
Windy Urtnowski has been
a participant in CL
Aerobatics for more than
40 years.
Tony Stillman designed
and ran three aviation
programs for the
Pensacola, Florida, school
system.
Glenn Lee authored the CL
Speed column in Model
Aviation.
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NOTE: District X Vice President Rich
Hanson was not in attendance.
The following motions were approved by
acclamation:
• To accept the minutes of the July 12,
2003 Executive Council meeting.
• To approve the sanction for the 2004
National Aero Modeling Championships as
a “AAAAA” event; with Indoor to be held
May 26-30, 2004 and Outdoor June 25-
August 6, 2004.
• To approve the bid for the United
States (AMA) to host the 2007 F3C World
Championships.
The following mail votes were read into the
Minutes:
• To place Michael Moss’ name on the
ballot for the 2004 election. Passed.
• To award the Distinguished Service
Award to Kai Jensen. Passed.
Note: The motion to amend the budget
(MOTION II), was voted prior to voting on
acceptance of the 2004 budget (MOTION I).
Motion I: Moved and seconded to accept
the budget for 2004, as amended.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion II: Moved and to amend the budget
for 2004 by adding $121,000.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion III: Moved and seconded to accept
the document titled Safety Regulations for
Fixed/Rotary Wing Model Aircraft Gas
Turbines, with changes/corrections.
*Caveat: Any turbine waiver applied for
this year (as of the time this document is
voted on), is grandfathered in for the first
year (2004). This means an applicant does
not have to complete the 20 flights until
their renewal comes up (for 2005). All those
applying as of January 1, 2004, will have to
comply with the requirements.
Motion passed: 8 yes; 3 no (V, VII, IX);
1 abstain (NAA).
A conference call was held on Friday,
November 14, 2003, regarding Motion III
that was recently passed at the last
Executive Council meeting. It was moved
and seconded that Motion III involving
Turbine Regulations passed at the
November 1, 2003, Executive Council
Meeting be held in abeyance pending a
review of the airframe requirements with
inputs from the Safety Committee, Turbine
Advisory Committee, Turbine Community
and the JPO.
Motion passed: 9 yes; 3 no (III, IX, X).
(Note: The document, Safety Regulations for
Fixed/Rotary Wing Model Aircraft Gas
Turbines, can be found in PDF format on the
AMA Web page at http://modelaircraft.org/
templates/ama/PDF-files/031101Turbine
SafetyRegulation.pdf.)
Prior to voting on the above motion, it was
moved by J. McNeill (V), to amend the
document items regarding static thrust and
speed. This amendment died for lack of a
second.
J. McNeill (V) then moved to table the
item. This action failed due to lack of a
second.
Motion IV: Moved and seconded, to accept
the Nominations Ad hoc Committee
recommendations pertaining to Nominating
Procedures, as modified.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion V: Moved and seconded to accept
the recommended change to the Standing
Rules relating to Leader Members, as
presented by the Nominations Ad hoc
Committee.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion VI: Moved and seconded, to accept
the Mission Statement for Model Aviation
magazine.
Motion passed unanimously.
It was moved and seconded, to create the
AMA Hall of Fame implementation
committee (an Ad hoc EC committee). After
discussion, the second was withdrawn.
Following clarification, the motion presented
regarding “references” on the Leader Member
application, was withdrawn.
Executive Council Meeting Highlights and
2004 Election Results
The motions below are part of the unofficial minutes of the meeting. Minutes from a
given meeting are not official until they are approved at the next quarterly Council
meeting. Questions or comments on the motions should be addressed to your District
Vice President.
2004 Election
Results
District II
Dave Mathewson 1,717
District IV
Bliss Teague 1,233
District VI
Charlie Bauer 1,918
District VIII
Sandy Frank 1,931
Horrace Cain 553
Michael Moss 471
District X
Richard Hanson 3,097
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Motions made at the November 1, 2003, Executive
Council Meeting in Muncie, Indiana
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Don Godfrey, 69, began aeromodeling at the
age of 10. A Free Flight (FF) enthusiast until
his teens, Don won his first award in
Syracuse, New York, taking second place. In
his earliest days of modeling, Don competed
with such airplanes as the Comet Zipper and
Vagabond.
During the Korean conflict, as a member
of the United States Army Band, Don’s
attention turned to music which consumed
much of his time. Don got back into
aeromodeling in 1970 when he built a Proctor
Antic kit with a Pro-Line radio system.
Don’s newfound enthusiasm led him into
Radio Control (RC) and into AMA.
In 1976, Don designed and built the first
Giant Scale Stearman biplane by enlarging
plans from a Sterling Stearman kit.
Don began corresponding with other
United States and Canadian modelers
interested in building and flying large RC
models. In 1980, Don was asked to become
president of a newly established organization
dedicated to large models, the International
Miniature Aircraft Association (IMAA).
Interest in Giant Scale modeling was
growing, and during the 1980s Don
contributed articles on the subject of RC
aircraft to several publications. He designed
the first Giant Scale B-25 Mitchell bomber.
The aircraft had a 148-inch wingspan and two
2.3 Kioritz gas engines. Don demonstrated
the airplane for nine years until it crashed in
1992.
In 1983 Don formed the Binghamton
Aeros, a club sanctioned by both IMAA and
AMA. In 1990, he formed a new Giant Scale
club, the Giant Scale Aircraft Association,
also chartered by AMA and IMAA.
For more than 50 years Don has been
involved with model airplanes and he
continues to teach aspects of the hobby.
Owner of Don Godfrey’s Hobbies, he is
responsible for designing an experimental
plan allowing extra-large models to fly.
Other distinctions include the creation of a
chapter network for IMAA that covered 14
countries worldwide. He set up guidelines for
Giant Scale events and instigated the first
IMAA safety inspection program that is now
mandatory at all IMAA and most AMAsanctioned
events.
Don was honored with the AMA Pioneer
Award in 1998.
Gene Hempel, 68, began aeromodeling with
his father but did not compete until he
finished college. In the early 1960s he
graduated from Arlington State College with
a degree in aerospace engineering.
While employed in the aviation industry
as a flight test engineer for the F8U-1
program, he attended flight school in
Maryland to gain flight status as a Type
Acceptance Pilot for the US Navy.
Gene began flying Control Line (CL) in
1970. His area of interest was Speed, and he
contributed articles on the subject to Model
Aviation from 1975 to 1988. Each article
pertained to engine modifications to gain
extra speed.
Gene and his son Patrick Hempel started a
machine shop business in 1985
manufacturing RC engine accessories and
replacement parts for military and
commercial applications.
In 1970, Gene became a contest director
(CD) and supervised several local and
national CL Speed events. In 1984, he was
named the Event Director for the Fédération
Aéronautique International (FAI) F2A World
Championships.
Gene has served in a number of club
positions for the Dallas Model Aircraft
Association and served an integral role in
securing the present Control Line site in
Dallas, Texas, known as Hobby Park.
In 1988, Gene was elected AMA vice
president for District VIII. He served in this
capacity until 1994 when he moved out of the
district. Gene chaired the AMA Safety
Committee from 1989 to 1994.
In 2002, Gene taught principles of
aeronautics to elementary school students
from Weimar, Texas, during their visits to the
Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum in
Schulenburg, Texas. He is currently working
on the Advanced Aviation Project planned
for the Boy Scouts of America, assisting with
live demonstrations and workshops.
Tom Hunt, 45, began flying CL models in
high school. After earning a bachelor’s
degree in mechanical engineering from the
Northeast Massachusetts University, he
began working at Grumman Aircraft
Engineering Corporation. Tom works as a
senior aero test engineering specialist at
Northrop Grumman Corporation.
As an innovator in aerospace engineering,
Tom was one of the first engineers to begin
using the CADAM computer graphics system
and is today a nationwide expert of the
CATIA program used by nearly all aerospace
firms.
Tom has created a number of special RC
designs including a ducted-fan F-14 Tomcat
and the Vertigo, a vertical-transitional flyer
that can take off vertically and then move into
forward flight. Tom’s unique designs have
appeared in many model publications
including Model Aviation, Flying Models,
and RCM.
In the late 1980s, Tom became involved
in electric-powered flight. Electric is now the
only power source he uses. In 1994, he
founded a model manufacturing and design
company called Modelair-Tech, entirely
dedicated to electric flight. Tom has created
dozens of designs, plans, and kits.
As a competitor, Tom is a regular at the
National Aeromodeling Championships
(Nats) since the 1980s. In 1997, he was the
high-points winner at the Electric Nats in
Muncie, Indiana, and received the Electric
Grand National Championship Award.
In 2001, Tom headed a design team that
produced a large RC model known as the
Cross-Sounder. Tom and a crew of fliers
made history by making a complete round
trip from Long Island, New York, to the
shores of Connecticut. The flight was more
ESTABLISHED IN 1969, the Model Aviation Hall of Fame
honors those men and women who have made significant
contributions to the sport of aeromodeling.
The list of members is long and distinguished.
Contributions may be in volunteer or administrative activities,
product development, competition performance, or a variety or
combination of activities.
The selection committee is composed of past and present
AMA presidents and one individual selected from each of the
11 districts by the respective vice presidents.
Each year, the new class is inducted into the Model
Aviation Hall of Fame, and the winners are announced in
Model Aviation magazine.
Any AMA member can submit a Hall of Fame nomination.
For a nomination form or further information, contact Michael
Smith: (765) 287-1256, ext. 500.
The committee has selected the following modelers to join
the Model Aviation Hall of Fame.
2003 Model Aviation
Hall of Fame Inductees
For more than 50 years
Don Godfrey has been
involved with model
airplanes.
Gene Hempel was elected
AMA Vice President for
District VIII.
Tom Hunt created the
show known as the NEAT
Fair, held every
September.
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than 30 miles and was completed nonstop
with a single battery pack.
Tom was responsible for the restoration of
the Keystone Radio Control Club’s Electric-
Fly, once the world’s largest electric-powered
model aircraft show. Tom created the
replacement show, known as the Northeast
Electric Aircraft Technology (NEAT) Fair,
held every September in upstate New York at
the Peaceful Valley Campgrounds.
Luther Hux, 60, began aeromodeling when
he was in high school. Experimenting with
both CL and FF designs, Luther’s early days
in aeromodeling were marked by numerous
mishaps. In the spirit of perseverance, Luther
continued to model and fly CL models at the
airport in Halifax County, North Carolina.
His favorite models were Sterling’s UControl
Profiles, powered by a McCoy .29
engine.
In the 1970s, Luther began flying RC
models. His first was a Goldberg Ranger
using an O.S. .10 engine. Luther now designs
and flies RC models for the Virginia Air
Show Squadron. His designs are selfdescribed
as “off-the-wall” and include a
Starship Enterprise RC model with no visible
wings. He is responsible for creating a radiocontrolled
hot air balloon that uses no hot air.
Today, Luther takes photographs for the
Project Snapshot series. He continues to work
as the coordinator for Dulles International
Airport’s Plane Pull program for the Special
Olympics. With the help of friends from the
Virginia Air Show Squadron, Luther
designed and installed the AMA exhibit at
Dulles and continues to maintain it.
As a member of the Virginia Air Show
Squadron for more than 20 years, Luther
performed in roughly 140 air shows. He has
published numerous articles on model
aviation, contributed photographs, created
exhibits and displays, and has been a featured
guest speaker on several occasions. He has
taught model aviation classes for the Fairfax
County, Virginia, adult education program
and Smithsonian Residents Associate
Program.
Luther placed first at the Smithsonian Kite
Festival from 1982 through 1985 and was a
nine-time winner in the Northern Virginia
Radio Control Club’s Building Contest for
design uniqueness. In 1998 Luther received
the AMA’s Pioneer Award.
Anthony Italiano, 80, grew up in Waukesha,
Wisconsin, where he joined other
aeromodeling enthusiasts and started the
Ground Pilots, a club devoted to flying,
1969
Walter Billett
Carl Goldberg
Charles H. Grant
Willis C. Brown*
Walter A. Good*
N. E. “Jim” Walker
Frank Zaic Ca
1970
Dick Korda
Al Lewis*
Bill Winter
1971
None
1972
Howard McEntee
1973
Ocie Randall
1974
William L. Brown
William R. Enyart
Irwin S. Polk
Nathan Polk
Sal Taibi
1975
Irwin Ohlsson*
C.O. Wright*
Walt Schroder
Jim Kirkland
Lieut. Harold W. “John” Alden
1976
Harold deBolt FL
Frank Ehling VA
Merrill C. Hamburg
Chester Lanzo
Henry Struck
1977
John E. Brodbeck
Maynard L. Hill*
Bert Pond
Peter J. Sotich*
Ken Willard
1978
Duke Fox
Phil Kraft
E. T. Packard
Leon Shulman
John Worth*
1979
John E. Clemens
Claude McCullough*
L. Glen Sigafoose
Matthew A (Matty) Sullivan
Bill Wisniewski
1980
Sidney Axelrod
Kenneth G. Held*
Edward J. Lorenz
Fred W. Megow
Ben Shershaw PA
1981
Mel Anderson
Leroy M. Cox
Robert L. Palmer
Louis J. Andrews
Edward J. Lidgard
1982
William E. Atwood
James Dale Kirn
Joseph S. Ott
Edward L. Rockwood
Wally Simmers
Stephen Calhoun “Cal” Smith
1983
Maxwell B. (Max) Bassett
Clarence F. Lee
Joseph John Lucas
Dick McCoy
Lee Renaud
1984
George M. Aldrich
Myrtle Robbers-Coad
George Perryman
Granger Williams and Lawrence Williams
1985
Walt Caddell
Owen Kampen
Frank Nekimken
Dick Sarpolus
Victor and Joe Stanzel
1986
Bill Effinger
Dick Everett
Paul Guillow
Gordon Light
Dan Pruss
1987
Frank L. Cummings Jr.
William C. Hannan
Robert Hatschek
Robert Holland
Walter Musciano
William “Bill” Northrop
William Hewitt Phillips
John Pond
Louis Proctor
Joseph Raspante
1988
Donald Clark
Bill Gough
Jim Richmond
Dale Root
Hazel Sig-Hester
Henry A. Thomas
Frank Tlush and Charles Tlush
Elbert J. (Joe) Weathers
Dolly Wischer
1989
Joseph Bilgri
W.L. (Woody) Blanchard
Frank Garcher
Model Aviation Hall of Fame Recipients
Luther Hux coordinates
Dulles International’s
Plane Pull program for the
Special Olympics.
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Earl F. Stahl
Cliff Weirick*
1990
Joe Beshar
Paul Boyer
James “Jim” Cahill
Carl Fries
Milton Huguelet
1991
William “Bill” Bishop
Howard Bonner
Joseph W. Foster
Don Lowe*
John Tatone
1992
Hurst G. Bowers
Charles Tracy
Earl Witt*
1993
Merrick S. “Pete” Andrews
Robert A. Champine
Bud Romak
Norman Rosenstock
William Austin Wylam
1994
None
1995
Robert Boucher
Dr. Ralph C. Brooke
Vic Cunnyngham
Ed Izzo
Frank Hoover
1996
Joseph Bridi
William “Bill” Cannon Jr.
Art Laneau
Dave Platt
Bob Violett
1997
Roy Mayes
Francis McElwee
John C. Patton*
Robert Underwood
Robert Wischer
Neil Armstrong
1998
Bob Aberle
Jack Albrecht
Everet Angus*
George Buso
John Grigg*
Maxey Hester
Howard E. Johnson*
Joe Kovel
Vernon Krehbiel
Austin Leftwich
Gerald “Jerry” Nelson
William Netzeband
Frank Parmenter
Len Purdy
Edward Roberts*
Art Schroeder
George Steiner
Keith Storey*
1999
Arthur Adamisin
Edward Beshar
Roy L Clough Jr.
Robert Dunham
John Frisoli
C. Leslie Hard
Ronald Morgan
Harold Parenti
Robert Sifleet
Wayne Yeager
Nick Ziroli Sr.
2000
Robert Bienenstein
Roland Boucher
Edward Daniel Calkin
Joseph Elgin
Robert Gialdini
Ed Henry
Robin Hunt
George A. Reich
Robert W. Rich
Richard J. Sherman
Joe Wagner
LeRoy Weber
Jon Zaic
2001
Oba St. Clair
Joel Bunch
George Brown Jr.
Fred Reese
Stuart Richmond
J.C. Yates
Fred Marks
Francis Reynolds
Peter Waters
Herb Kothe
Jim Alaback
2002
Abram Van Dover
Bob Stalick
Bryant Thompson
Charlie Bauer
Dave Gierke
Howard Johnson
Jack Sheeks
John Hunton
Keith Shaw
Mickey Walker
Randy Randolph
Riley Wooten
2003
Don Godfrey
Gene Hempel
Tom Hunt
Luther Hux
Anthony Italiano
Arthur Johnson
Glen Lee
Addie Naccarato
Vernon MacNabb
Douglas Spreng
Tony Stillman
Winfred Urtnowski
* indicates former AMA president
exchanging ideas, and competing.
In the late 1930s, Tony started a modelsupply
company with his brother, Victor, and
sold modeling items at a reduced cost. The
brothers organized the Supreme Model
Supply Company which produced rubberpowered
model kits.
In 1942, both brothers joined the Army Air
Force. Tony joined the 13th Air Force and
worked his way up the ranks to become a
lieutenant colonel before war’s end.
Upon returning home, Tony resumed his
modeling activities. In 1949, he became
involved in RC aeromodeling. He was partly
responsible for the creation of the Lakeland
RC Club.
In addition to his interest in RC, Tony flew
FF and became president of the National Free
Flight Society (NFFS). At that time FF was
declining in popularity and Tony organized a
drive to rejuvenate the activity. He created
schedules, budgets, and improved venues.
Tony is credited with securing many
Indoor sites including the Eastern Tennessee
State University Mini-Dome in Johnson City,
Tennessee. This venue has been the main site
for Free Flight’s United States Indoor
Championships.
Tony was an administrator and CD for 12
years. Awards he has received include the
Class C Free Flight State Championship for
Wisconsin in 1941 and the Goldberg Vital
People Award in 1986.
Tony was inducted into the NFFS Hall of
Fame in 1993.
Arthur Johnson, 83, grew up in San Diego,
California, watching Navy airplanes practice
dive bombing in what is now Miramar, home
of the F-14 training school made famous in
the movie Top Gun. His first model was a
pine Fokker triplane. His first flying model
was a rubber-powered Baby ROG.
After serving in the armed forces during
World War II and the Korean War, Arthur
began flying CL models and in the 1960s he
began flying RC. While working in the
Pentagon, Arthur was talked into joining an
RC club at Andrews Air Force Base. After a
transfer to Langley Air Force Base, Arthur
picked up a Proctor Nieuport 11 kit with a
Ross .60 twin-cylinder engine.
In 1971, as a retired Air Force colonel,
Arthur and his wife moved to Florida. Arthur
took his RC models including the Nieuport,
an Aeromaster, and a VK Triplane. His
involvement in RC flying in Florida led him
to become the manager of the Florida Air
Show Team.
Arthur began actively building Scale
Tony Italiano organized a
drive to rejuvenate Free
Flight activity.
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models including a model of the F-82E. He
constructed a 94-inch-wingspan P-38 model
that flew for several years. The P-38 won
awards at the 1977 Nats in California. Model
Builder published plans for the P-38 as well
as some of Arthur’s later models including
the P-40 and P-43.
Arthur maintains an interest in Scale
models of military aircraft. In 1981, he
placed first in Giant Scale at the Nats in
Texas. He also entered models including a
ducted-fan F-100D and a Martin B-26.
Arthur is a member of a number of RC
clubs throughout the country, and is a charter
member of the National Association of Scale
Aeromodelers (NASA). He is one of the
oldest RC pilots still in active competition.
Glenn Lee, 71, first won a trophy at the Nats
in 1962. He founded the Tree Town
Modelairs, serving as the club’s newsletter
editor for several years.
Glenn authored the CL Speed column in
Model Aviation from 1994 to 2000. He
wrote the rules used in the popular .21 Sport
Speed event.
Elected District VI vice president from
1972 to 1979, Glenn received a Meritorious
Service Award in 1978 for his efforts.
A longtime competitor, Glenn was
United States Grand National Champion in
1968. He was Control Line Champion at the
1974 Nats and Speed Champion at the 2001
Nats. In FAI competition, Glenn was a twotime
member of the United States
International Speed Team in the 1960s and
1970s.
During this same time, Glenn competed
in Free Flight Helicopter and Indoor Hand-
Launched (HL) Glider contests. He has set
three CL Class B Speed records, most
recently in August 2002.
Vernon MacNabb, deceased, was a pioneer
of license-free radios for model airplanes.
Vernon built FF and CL models before
establishing the Citizen-Ship Radio
Corporation in 1950. Citizen-Ship was
created to develop and manufacture licensefree
radios at 465 megacycles, considered
impossible at the time.
Vernon’s work with the 465-megacycle
band was demonstrated at the Texas Nats in
1950. The new frequency helped
revolutionize license-free RC flying, and he
made significant contributions in the field of
vacuum tube technology.
Addie Naccarato, 76, became involved in
model aviation in her early teens. She had
brothers who built model airplanes but often
left them unfinished, so Addie finished her
brothers’ work. When her brothers sold the
airplanes, Addie was upset and her father
purchased a model for her. This was the start
of a life in model aviation.
After World War II, Addie and her
husband Tony began inventing model
airplane products. At the time, Addie was
flying CL models. In 1951, she and her
husband bought a hobby shop in Burbank,
California, and renamed it Tony and Addie’s
Hobby Lobby. Addie and her family
members taught CL and RC flight at the
Sepulvada Basin outside of Los Angeles.
With son Tony Jr., Addie built some of
the first Electric Free Flight airplanes and
received first place in a competition put on by
the Flight Masters Club of California with a
Free Flight design.
Addie is credited with giving more than
300 demonstrations across the country. Since
the days of giving demonstrations, she has
been a pioneer in Electric flight, building and
flying a scale B-36 bomber at the Quarter
Scale Association of America (QSAA) in Las
Vegas, Nevada. Addie developed rules for
Classes A and B of the AMA Electric Free
Flight and Control Line events.
Doug Spreng, 71, is well-known in the world
of RC. Doug started flying RC in 1955.
While working for Babcock Engineering Inc.,
Doug helped to develop a “hard tube” superregenerative
single-channel receiver.
In 1960, Doug created his famous Stormer
Pattern model, powered by a Lee .45. This
model won at the 1960 Nats. Working for the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the early 1960s,
Doug fashioned the concept of a digitalproportional
radio system. He named this
system Digicon for digital control.
Doug won a place on the 1966 AMA
International Team using his Thunderstormer
model controlled by a Micro-Avionics
system. At the International competition,
Doug placed third.
Doug met Harry Brooks of Great Britain,
who convinced Doug to move to the United
Kingdom. Together the two invented the
Sprengbrook RC system, which sold in the
United Kingdom.
Doug is responsible for developing the IC
servo amplifier, a two-channel RC glider unit,
and the Kraft Signature Series RC units in the
1970s. Doug is the 1976 recipient of the
Howard McEntee Award and was inducted
into the Vintage Radio Control Society Hall
of Fame that same year.
Tony Stillman, 45, has been a major
participant in the RC arena. He has planned
and developed several model airplane events
and education programs.
As past president of the National Society
of Radio Controlled Aerobatics (NSRCA),
Tony was granted lifetime membership. He
conducted a judge training and certification
school for several years at the Weak Signals’
Toledo Show for NSRCA.
Tony designed and ran three school
aviation programs and flew both airplane and
helicopter demonstration flights for the
Pensacola, Florida, school system.
He works in the model aviation industry,
spending 27 years at Radio South where he is
currently president.
Tony’s other accomplishments include
working as technical advisor measuring
airframes at the Tournament of Champions in
Las Vegas, Nevada. He has been published in
K Factor, the newsletter of NSRCA, and
Radio Rumblings.
Winfred “Windy” Urtnowski, 57, has been
an avid participant in CL Aerobatics for more
than 40 years. Primarily interested in F2B,
Windy has tinkered in RC and FF, once
owned and piloted a full-scale 1947 Ercoupe,
and even has a small model railroad. He has
flown in the Control Line Precision
Aerobatics National Championships since
1960, placing in the top five several times.
Windy has flown in FAI Team Trials
competitions, also placing in the top five
more than once. He has six Red Reinhardt
Cup wins and Massachusetts Cup wins in
1995 and 1997.
Windy was the recipient of the Concours
Award at the Nats in 1985, 1987, 1992, 1996,
and 1997. He won the Concours 20-Point
Award in 1988 and 1997.
Windy designed and flew seven Stunt
airplanes, most of which have appeared in
magazines. Two of his models have been
kitted. One design—the B-25 Mitchell
Bomber—won regional awards.
Windy has made more than 700 videos
covering Precision and Stunt model
construction, as well as flying and repairing
airplanes. His articles have appeared in
Model Aviation and Flying Models.
Windy is responsible for developing
Brodak dope, new engines and pipes, and is
an expert in the use of carbon fiber on
models.
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Arthur Johnson became
the manager of the Florida
Air Show Team.
With son Tony, Addie
Naccarato built some of
the first Electric Free
Flight airplanes.
Windy Urtnowski has been
a participant in CL
Aerobatics for more than
40 years.
Tony Stillman designed
and ran three aviation
programs for the
Pensacola, Florida, school
system.
Glenn Lee authored the CL
Speed column in Model
Aviation.
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