District II
Contact
- Gary Fitch, District II Vice President
- Email: [email protected]
- Regions: New Jersey, New York, Europe
Webmaster
District II has a new webmaster: Ray Kappes of Clifton Park, New York, a suburb of Albany. Ray has been in our hobby since 1969 and also enjoys working on web sites. He writes, "Please feel free to E-mail me about what you would like to see on the site, because without your input, this is not a site."
Ray offers this: for clubs that have their own domain name or are planning on getting one, the District II web site can host your club using your club domain name as the URL. That would be the same as if you were paying to be hosted on a server. You get a login, and you create and maintain the site yourself.
"If the club has the name 'FlyersofFun' and the domain name flyersoffun.org is available, we can host your site and people will type in flyersoffun.org and that will get them to your site."
Welcome aboard the District II team, Ray! You have already had a great impact on our web site.
Model Aviation Hall of Fame
District II is honored with the induction of two modelers into the Model Aviation Hall of Fame.
- The late Jerry Stoloff of the Brooklyn Skyscrapers. He designed models and had them kitted by companies such as Continental Model, Consolidated Model Airplane, and Eagle Model Airplane.
- Bob Noll of Vestal, New York. Bob became a contest director (CD) in 1960 and has directed 50 events for the Aeroguidance Society and the Vintage R/C Society. He is an accomplished writer who has been published in Model Aviation, Model Airplane News, and Flying Models magazines, and he continues to write for Model Aviation and Flying Models.
Induction into the Model Aviation Hall of Fame is the epitome of model aviation awards.
Associate Vice Presidents and Events
Ernie Nikodem is one of our most active associate vice presidents (AVPs). He attends many events each year in his region and forwarded several photos from the Flying Aces Club free flight event held in Geneseo, New York, last summer.
Ernie also sent a photo from the RCCR event in Brockport, New York, last June. The Rochester area is a hotbed for developing youngsters into world-class competition pilots. Three of the most prominent names are Devin McGrath, Kyle Stacy, and the up-and-coming Clay Wheaton.
Clay showed his stuff at this fun-fly and is becoming a polished aerobatic and 3-D pilot. These young men aren't just great pilots; they are terrific people, too.
District II Fun-Fly
Don't miss the District II Fun-Fly:
- Date: July 19–20
- Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days
- Sponsor: Somerset Signal Senders
- Field location: 355 Milltown Rd., Bridgewater, NJ 08807
The first 100 registered pilots will receive a District II Fun-Fly T-shirt.
Next month I'll present to you a very special modeler and full-scale pilot. Until then, Keep 'em Three in the Green.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
