AMA News District V - 2009/03

Lots of clear blue sky, mostly light winds, and
light-jacket temperatures make for a perfect
day at the Flying Griffins flying site.
THE FLYING GRIFFINS (www.flying
griffins.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 modelfriendly.
Well, make that a nearly perfect day. Bill
Borow (L) and Billy Moore puzzle out a fuelfeed
problem on Bill’s new Giant Stinger.
“Stupid engine. That’s the tank vent line
you’re trying to pull fuel from !”
Although they are 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 doublehandful
of club members just having fun on
a near-perfect autumn day.
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.
CD A.J. Wilson going over the ground rules
at the mandatory pilots’ meeting.
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
US. Twelveyear-
old Lee
Atchison, from
L o u i s v i l l e ,
Kentucky, and
stepdad Edwin
Wilson (League
of Silent Flight
vice president)
during one of
Lee’s landing
approaches. Lee,
with his Supra,
appeared on the
cover of the
November 2008
issue of MA in a
photo taken during the Nats.
The Mid-South Soaring Championship
rotates between clubs on an annual basis.
Check the League of Silent Flight (LSF)
Web site (www.silentflight.org) for the
location of the 2009 event.
District V
Tony Stillman, District V Vice President; [email protected]
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands
Tony Stillman
Vice President
102 Cherrywood Ct.
Brunswick GA 31525;
(912) 242-2407
www.amadistrict-v.org
Safety Coordinator: Red
Scholefield, Newberry
FL; (352) 331-8410;
redscho@
bellsouth.net
Frequency Coordinator: Jose
Soto, Apopka FL;
[email protected]; (407) 814-9641
Associate Vice Presidents
Alabama:
Jhon P. Russell,
Mount Olive AL; (205) 213-5240
[email protected]
Florida:
Tony Fandino, Hialeah FL (305)
216-8580; fandino@amadistrictv.
org
Douglas Jones, Deerfield Beach
FL; (561) 715-0173;
[email protected]
Jose Soto, Apopka FL; (407) 409-
4795); ([email protected])
Georgia:
Fred L. McClellan, Marietta GA;
(770) 402-6570; north-ga-avp@
mindspring.com
Mississippi:
Paul Verger, Vancleave MS;
(228) 826-4892;
[email protected]
Puerto Rico:
Richard Prann, San Juan PR; (787)
777-2143; [email protected]
South Carolina:
Richard Whitely, Summerville
SC; (843) 408-3509;
[email protected]
Tennessee:
Dick Tonan, La Vergne TN;
[email protected]
Webmaster: Bill Davison
[email protected]
For additional district officers and
volunteers, please see a previous
issue of MA or visit the District V
Web site.
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