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Whitman Flyers’ President Steve
Robinson and CD Lewis Schwab (pictured
below) sent me an invitation to attend the
club’s August 15, 2009, Electric Fly event,
held in at beautiful Bethpage State Park,
Long Island. The fly-in was well organized
and Lewis gave his instructions to a large
gathering of electric RC pilots.
This is a fun gathering and its
participation is increasing. The aircraft that
flew were as impressive as the flying site.
In fact, it took four pictures to get everyone
included in the “group” photos below.
Associate Vice President Ray Juschkus
was the official photographer for the event
and the Whitman Flyers Web site has some
great pictures of the pilots and aircraft.
Watch for the 2010 event. It will be worth
your time to attend.
LONGTIME JET PILOTS Organization
(JPO) District II Representative Art Aro has
decided to step down after 20 years
representing District II’s jet pilots in the
organization.
JPO is an AMA Special Interest Group
(SIG), and Art did a great job in this
capacity. He will be missed.
Len McIntosh of Freeport, New York,
who served as a JPO associate vice
president, will assume the duties of the
District II JPO representative.
Welcome and good luck Len! Art, thank
you for two decades of volunteer service.
Anthony Desimone, of Shamong, New
Jersey, and a member of the Crosswinds RC
Club, was one of the runner-up winners in
the 2009 AMA membership contest, signing
five new members.
For his efforts Anthony received a $100
AMA Cloud 9 Museum Store gift
certificate. Congratulations, Anthony, and
thanks from everyone at AMA for your
efforts!
Don’t forget that AMA Hall of Fame,
Flying Site Grants, Take off And Grow
(TAG) application deadlines start in
February, so get those applications in.
Until next month, Keep ’em Three in the
Green!
District II
Gary Fitch, District II Vice President; [email protected]
New Jersey, New York, Europe
Gary Fitch
1298 Slab City Rd.,
Franklinville NY 14737;
Tel.: (716) 341-2813
www.amadistrictii.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Frank Granelli,
Rockaway NJ; (973)
625-4995; [email protected]
Tom Murray, Basking Ridge NJ;
(908) 766-5656;
[email protected]
Tony Rossi, Somerset NJ; (908)
420-6901; [email protected]
Peter Seiffert, Baldwinsville NY;
(315) 635-6370;
[email protected]
Terry Terreniore, Endicott, NY;
(607) 748-8246; amad2terry@
stny.rr.com
Eric Williams, Schenectady NY;
(518) 356-2057;
[email protected]
Frequency Coordinator:
Kevin Coleman, Middletown NJ;
(212) 975-2988; kcoleman@
cbs.com
CL and FF Contest
Coordinator: Dave King, South
Plainfield NJ; (908) 769-5149
Webmaster: Ray Kappes,
Clifton Park NY; webmaster@
amadistrictii.org
For a complete listing of
district officers and volunteers,
please visit the District I1 Web site
or see a previous issue of MA.
District II Volunteers
The Batavia R/C Flying Club is a smaller club by District II standards but it is very
active.
Joe Palmer, the president in 2009, oversaw the club’s two primary fundraising
projects. The members held a flea market in November and a fun-fly on June 7-8.
The club’s field is a full-scale grass runway that provides an excellent place to fly.
Like most all of the district’s clubs, it is full of really nice people who work hard to raise
the revenue needed to maintain and grow their organization.
Dick Smith will lead this group as president in 2010. Thanks for stepping up, Dick!
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