AMA News District VIII - 2007/08
Jerry Miller Memorial Military Fly-In
The Jerry Miller Memorial Military Fly-In was held at Randolph AFB Auxiliary Field and, despite threatening weather, 34 pilots enjoyed a weekend of flying and fun in Jerry’s memory. Contest Directors George Sheffield and Gary Rice ran a safe and enjoyable event and the pilots and spectators truly enjoyed themselves.
- Best of Show: Brian Strachan (10 years old) flying a Hangar 9 P-51. Brian was Jerry’s last student and opened the show with a solo flight in Jerry’s memory. He flew more flights than anyone else and even flew a G-38–powered PT-17.
- Best World War II Aircraft: Jerry Miller Jr., flying his dad’s G-62–powered P-51. He made a number of low, fast, scale passes that would have made his dad proud.
- Best World War I Model: Keith Coover with a beautiful 1/3-scale Fokker D.VII.
- Best Modern Day Military Airplane: Richard Evans with his two electric ducted-fan fighters.
Club 40 Racing
The Club 40 racing group had a crowd of 32 pilots for races on May 19. Chuck Waller, Contest Director and district safety coordinator, reported several close races and a few mishaps, but generally everyone had a good time. All but one of the pilots posed for a group picture before racing began; fortunately it was taken before the races because there were fewer airplanes available afterward.
- Novice Winner: Pete Dubre
- Advanced Class Winner: Ray Allen
Weatherford Model Airplane Club Spring Float-Fly
The Weatherford Model Airplane Club’s spring float-fly was attended by 31 pilots and approximately 150 spectators. Mark and Jan Perkins report it was a great day: cool, slightly overcast, and hardly any wind.
Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) attended with plenty of kids, and everybody had hot dogs.
Associate Vice President (AVP) Highlight
This month’s highlighted Associate Vice President (AVP) is Les Barry from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Les has been an AVP and Leader Member for more than six years and an AMA member for 57 years. He has flown free flight (FF) and serious competition control line (CL) for 35 years and radio control (RC) for 25 years. Les prefers scratch-building sport and sport-scale airplanes. He loves watching and photographing all types of models and enjoys being an AVP because of the variety of events he attends annually. Les is a great asset to District VIII.
Have fun and fly safely. See you on the flightline.
Jim.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
