AMA News District III - 2010/03

146 MODEL AVIATION
VALLEY FORGE Signal Seekers’ 50th
Anniversary: I must apologize for not
publishing this sooner. The Valley Forge
Signal Seekers (VFSS) in Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania, celebrated its 50th anniversary
by hosting a fun-fly on June 27, 2009.
The Signal Seekers’ field is located
inside of Valley Forge National Park, amidst
the rolling hills and green fields where
George Washington and his troops spent a
long winter during the Revolutionary War.
Top-notch flying, tasty food, and great
camaraderie were the order of this day.
AMA District III Vice President (VP) Bob
Brown, Associate Vice President (AVP)
Ken Karpinski, and Park Pilot editor, Jeff
Troy, journeyed to Valley Forge to join the
festivities.
Hats off to the Signal Seekers. May the
next 50 years be as much fun as the previous
ones.
The members of the Valley Forge Signal
Seekers pose for a group photo along with a
collection of their favorite airplanes.
This beautiful Golden Era Sport 60 belongs
to Carl Sutton of Collegeville PA.
Warren Barrick of Glen Mills PA displays his
Sopwith Pup complete with Snoopy pilot.
AMA District III VP Bob Brown presents the
AMA Leader Club Award to VFSS President
Phil Leinhauser. Congratulations Valley
Forge Signal Seekers!
An apology is also in order. The photo at
the bottom right on page 173 in the January
2010 issue of this magazine is of Bill Lester,
not Scott Borz. Both gentlemen are
members of the Fairfield Ohio Radio
Kontrol Society (F.O.R.K.S.) of Lancaster,
Ohio. Bill built both airplanes in the picture.
The Dayton Buzzin Buzzards held its
annual Control Line Stunt contest.
Unfortunately, the wind gods did not
cooperate because Saturday’s competition
events were a blow out.
One event that the club did participate in
though, was the Ringmaster Fly-a-Thon
sponsored by the Brotherhood of the Rings.
This was a worldwide event on that
weekend where clubs from around the world
would put up as many flights on a
Ringmaster as possible.
AVP Jim Martin was even allowed to try
his hand at holding the handle. Although it
had been a long time since he had been
wound up by flying a Control Line aircraft,
the old feeling came back after only a few
laps. The venerable Ringmaster handled the
wind just fine, although it did bounce around
quite a bit.
Ken Stevens of Lexington, Kentucky,
filled in the time by giving a little ground
school on building techniques for an FAI
Stunter. This really helped some of the new
pilots who were returning to flying Control
Line after many years of absence from the
hobby.
Ken Stevens and his SV-22.
One of the Ringmasters.
Bob Brown
Vice President
35 Sanford St.
Bradford PA 16701
Tel.: (814) 368-7655
www.amadistrictiii.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Randy Adams, Fairfield
OH; (513) 858-3154;
[email protected]
Mike Barbee, Delaware OH;
(740) 362-5545;
[email protected]
Jeff Black, New Oxford PA; (717)
965-5634; [email protected]
Dave Brown, Hamilton OH;
(513) 738-1576; dbrown@
dbproducts.com
David H. Ellis, Cross Lanes WV;
(304) 776-1408;
[email protected]
Nelson Gould, Macungie PA;
(610) 395-9159; [email protected]
Ken Karpinski, Philadelphia PA;
(267) 474-3575;
[email protected]
Dan Luchaco, Sayre PA;
(570) 888-1856;
[email protected]
Jim Martin, Franklin OH;
(937) 260-0143;
[email protected]
Mark Radcliff, Saint Marys WV;
(304) 684-2133;
[email protected]
Leo Rodriguez, New Stanton PA;
(724) 925-0159;
[email protected]
Matthew Turowski, Nescopeck
PA; (570) 379-2014;
[email protected]
Joseph S. Vislay, Monclova OH
(419) 878-8843;
[email protected]
Frequency Coordinator:
Ron Morgan, Scotland PA;
(717) 264-7425;
[email protected]
District III
Bob Brown, District III Vice President; [email protected]
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
District III Volunteers
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