AMA News: District XI - 2008/01

THE FERN PRAIRIE Modelers (FPM)
hosted Warbirds over Washougal 2007.
“The weather was absolutely beautiful
for this annual event hosted by the Fern
Prairie Modelers. No entrance fee is
required—just your AMA card and a
warbird! This year had 21 pilots signed in
and ready to fly, and since there was no
Scale Masters judging calibration, the flying
started early.
“Most pilots brought several planes, so
there was always some action in the air.
There was a very nice selection of planes
and all were flown very well.
“Several times through the day, the FPM
EPLFT (electric power loose formation
team—okay, so I just made that up!),
consisting of Grant Lord, Cody Stauffer,
Jerry Holcomb, and I flew circuits in an
attempt to fly past the pilot stations in some
sort of formation.
“Grant flew his H9 F6F Hellcat, Cody
flew his Modeltech P-47 Thunderbolt, Jerry
had his war-weary B-17 Flying Fortress, and
I flew my H9 P-40E. It’s funny, a warbird
only has to do a fly-by to be cool!
“Thanks to the FPM membership for
allowing this event to take place every year,
and a special thanks to Jim Riggle for
supplying the $100 prize money and his
‘flag-towing’ Piper Cub at halftime.”
—Art Newland
The Canby Dusters RC Club in Woodburn,
Oregon, hosted Cub Nuts ’07 Friday and
Saturday, September 21-22.
“This was the second year for this event
and the turnout was great. The $20 entry fee
included a burger lunch. There were
approximately 79 Cubs and close to 90
entries in all and size didn’t matter. Planes
ranged from 18-inch wingspan to the giant,
1/3-scale biggies.
“The premise for this event is to get as
many Cub fliers as possible together in one
place at one time just to have a good time. I
think they’ve got a handle on it as pilots
came from the Portland area, Washington,
Canada, and even Texas. The Dusters did
their part as Bob Beardsley, Tom
Thomasian, Don Schultz, Kelly Martin, Dan
Lurvey, Terry Criswell, Bob Hoover, and
others took part.
“Saturday was the big day and there were
flight exhibitions and the one ‘contest.’ Two
helicopters flew: one a turbine-powered
scale Hughes 500 and the other an aerobatic
performance set to music flying a T-Rex.
The aerobatics were impressive considering
the pilot has been flying helis for only 18
months and he flew to music he heard the
day before.
“I’ve only seen a few performances like
this, but I would venture to say this was as
good as any you will see. There was a
performance glider flight, towed by a
mission-built plane to altitude, then doing
his show.
“Dusters RC Club put on an exhibition of
Cub racing. Three pylons and 10 laps, no
limits on engines, so big engine and a small,
well-built plane equals winner. The event
contest was a timed event flown against the
clock, one plane at a time, around the race
pylons, three laps and one loop required.
Time started at wheels up and stopped at
touch down.
“Around noon there was a full scale
flyby of eight planes, four of which landed
and stayed for awhile. The flybys included
some touch-and-gos, which were neat. The
short landing and takeoff capabilities of
these planes were impressive.
“In the after-lunch segment there was a
Concourse de Cub, where all planes were
lined up—40 of them—on the runway for
inspection and a winner of Best of Show to
be voted for. The winner was not a Cub but
a beautiful Stinson 108. No details, except it
was built from Hostetler plans.
“There were pilot drawings throughout
the day and if your name was called you got
to pick out a prize, either glue or a license
plate frame or a can cozy. The big raffle
came at the end of the day with prizes
ranging from batteries, electric motors,
accessories, to airplanes and two radios.
“You might consider putting this event on
your calendar next year. It is less than an hour
from Portland to Mollala. This year there was
no parking fee, so you get an all-day air show
for next to nothing plus a nice drive through
the countryside. Don’t miss it!”
—Cliff Pemberton
Until next time. Bruce
District XI
Bruce Nelson, District XI Vice President; [email protected]
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Bruce Nelson
Vice President
807 E. Vicksburg St.,
Spokane WA 99208
Fax: (509) 467-1852
Cell: (509) 863-7096
nelsondxi@aol,com
Associate Vice
Presidents
Rick Allison, Issaquah WA;
[email protected]
Darrell Anderson, Great Falls
MT; [email protected]
Al Culver, Wilder ID;
[email protected]
Jerry Holcomb, Vancouver WA;
[email protected]
Reeves Lippincott, Wasilla AK;
[email protected]
Gene LaFond, Wenatchee WA;
[email protected]
Mike Mosbrooker, Oak Harbor
WA; [email protected]
Claude Tanner, Boise ID;
[email protected]
Frequency Coordinator
Phil Tallman, Medical Lake WA;
(509) 299-5102;
[email protected]
District RC Coordinator
W.T. (Bill) Smith, Seattle WA;
[email protected]
Web site:
www.yosemiteflash.com/
xiama.htm
District XI Volunteers
January 2008 193