District V
Contact
- Tony Stillman, District V Vice President; [email protected]
States and territories
- Alabama
- Florida
- Georgia
- Mississippi
- Puerto Rico
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- US Virgin Islands
The Flying Griffins
Lots of clear blue sky, mostly light winds, and light-jacket temperatures made for a perfect day at the Flying Griffins flying site.
THE FLYING GRIFFINS (www.flyinggriffins.org) hosted a Toys For Tots (www.toysfortots.org) fundraiser on November 8, 2008. The event enjoyed nearly perfect weather: cool enough for a jacket, a couple of small, wispy clouds, and light winds that were generally model-friendly.
Although they were hard to see, it appeared that a local general aviation airport was having a fly-in of its own. The Toys For Tots attendees were treated to a flight of four Boeing-Stearman Model 75s (PT-17/N2S) in Navy colors that orbited the model flying site while forming up. No mistaking the sound of four radial engines droning around in lazy circles overhead!
Although the turnout for the Flying Griffins Toys For Tots event could have been better, the event raised more than $400 for the charity. Not bad at all for a double handful of club members just having fun on a near-perfect autumn day.
North Atlanta Soaring Association
The North Atlanta Soaring Association (www.atlantasoaring.org/DNN/) hosted the 2008 Mid-South Soaring Championships the weekend of May 23, 2008, at the Scott Hudgens Park flying site in Duluth, Georgia.
Calvin State handled the scoring chores. The weather was unusually hot, bright, and dry, forcing Calvin to erect a shade over the scoring computer just to see the screen.
With five high-start lines in operation, line retrieval was an all-day job. Olivia Schlabra and Julie Bullinger, doused in liberal amounts of sunblock, operated one of the line retrieval carts. The event drew contestants from across the Southeastern U.S.
The Mid-South Soaring Championship rotates between clubs on an annual basis. Check the League of Silent Flight (LSF) website (www.silentflight.org) for the location of the 2009 event.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
