District II Report - 2003/10

October 2003 163
FINALLY! Here it is near the end of June
and we finally had a weekend in District II
without rain. I used the opportunity to visit
the Jersey Coast RC Club’s (JCRCC) third
annual “any-size” Warbird Fly-In in Wall
Township, New Jersey. The event was
cosponsored by JCRCC and the 91st Bomb
Group of the World Miniature Warbird
Association.
JCRCC has been in existence for 40-plus
years, flying for most of that time at Allaire
State Park. The club has 150 members and
encourages all aspects of model aviation
from helicopters and Old-Timers to justplain-
fun sport flying with an emphasis on
safety and camaraderie.
Three years ago, when this event was
conceived by JCRCC president Joe Mosso,
the late Art Muglia, and the late Dino
DiGiorgio, it was decided to donate the
event’s
proceeds to
the National
World War II
Memorial
Fund. Last
year a
donation was
made to a
local
historical
group. The
Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Scholarship Fund was
selected to be this year’s recipient.
The day of the event, 31 pilots flew in
near-perfect weather. The opening ceremony
began with Tuskegee Airmen Tommy
Tindall and George Reed raising a 48-star
flag as the National Anthem played. As the
flag reached the peak, a Giant-Scale P-51
done in traditional Tuskegee “red-tail” colors
flown by Danny Douglas of Staten Island,
New York, made a high speed fly-by.
Dave Mathewson, Joe Mosso, Dan
Douglas, George Reed, and Tom Tindall at
the opening ceremonies.
While I was heading south, AMA District II
Associate Vice President (AVP) Eric
Henderson was heading north to attend the
Roxbury Area Model Aircraft Club’s
(RAMAC) annual Pattern contest.
Eric wrote, “Many of the best Precision
Aerobatic pilots fly in New Jersey and
surrounding areas. Three of the nine Pattern
contests in the National Society of Radio
Controlled Aerobatics’ (NSRCA) northeast
District One are sponsored by New Jersey
clubs.
“The first of these hotly contested events
occurred June 28-29, sponsored by
(RAMAC), with Michael Ramsey as CD.
The flying took place at RAMAC’s
Pennsylvania field in the Pocono Resort area.
This always
well-attended
event offers a
great flying
site for the
competitors
and numerous
activities
in the
surrounding
resort areas
for their
families.
“Twentysix
pilots flew
hard during
two days of
beautiful weather. Airplanes ranged from the
newest Temptation, Partner, and Focus
models all the way through older Prophecies
and Summits.
“The highlight of the event was a special
presentation made to one of this area’s finest
all-round modelers and gentlemen. A special
award, signed
by all the
area pilots,
was
presented to
Dean Pappas
for his 30-
plus years of
enormous
contributions
to all forms
of modeling,
to Pattern
competition
in particular,
and to many
of this area’s
model fliers.
Signed by all
of the area’s
competitive pilots, the award was but a small
token of appreciation for Dean who has
helped all of us so much through the years.
“The 12th Annual Pocono Pattern Event
was a huge success with Dan Landis winning
the FAI class, Joe Lachowski winning
Masters, Anthony Romano taking Advanced,
Don Abati, Intermediate, and Joe Zieganfus,
Sportsman. More than a dozen club members
worked two hard days to make this event a
success and the contest would not happen
without them. All of them hope to see
everyone again at next year’s ‘lucky’ 13th
annual event.”
AVP Bill Poythress suggests that if you plan
to visit Rhinebeck this year, you might want
to check out the Aerodrome’s Model
Museum. Bill wrote, “The Model Airplane
Museum is a one-of-a-kind attraction. The
scale models, many built by Cole Palen, are
replicas from the same era as the full-scale
aircraft flown at the Aerodrome.
“Cole Palen, who owned the Rhinebeck
Aerodrome, was a member of the Mid
Hudson Modelmasters and opened the
museum at the suggestion of his wife, Rita.
Along with the models built by Palen, there
are several models on display that have been
donated by local club members.
“Palen asked members of the club to act
as the docent for the museum so there would
be knowledgeable people on hand to answer
questions during airshow days. Today the
museum is still staffed by members of the
Mid Hudson Modelmasters under my
direction.”
Reminder: The Pennsylvania Avenue Radio
Control Society will host the AMA District
II Second Annual Fly In October 4 and 5,
2003, at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn,
New York. Check the District II Web site at
www.amadistrictii.org for the latest updates.
Hope to see you there.
District II Report
Associate Vice Presidents
Roy A. Brown, USAE AFCENT CMR 460 BOX
585 APO AE 07903 E-mail: [email protected]
Sal Calvagna, 1335 Broadway Avenue, Holbrook
NY 11741, (631) 737-6327 E-mail:
[email protected]
Gary Fitch, 1219 Slab City Rd., Franklinville NY
14737 (716) 676-2498 E-mail:
[email protected]
Ray Juschkus, 59 Livingston Street, St. James NY
11780 (631) 862-5589 E-mail:
[email protected]
Eric Henderson, 303 Shady Lane, Marlton NJ
08053; (856) 988-9184; E-mail:
[email protected]
Jim Lewis, P.O. 61, Ogdenburg NY 13669
(315) 393-2580 E-mail: [email protected]
Tom Murray, 31 Voorhees Drive, Basking Ridge
NJ 07920 (908) 766-5656 E-mail:
[email protected]
Ernie Nikodem, 407 Willow Street, Lockport NY
14094 (716) 434-8350 E-mail:
[email protected]
Bill Poythress, 2 Hemlock Court, Saugerties NY
12477 (914) 246-8850
Adam Sattler, 41 Perry Avenue, Latham NY 12110
(518) 783-8929 E-mail: [email protected]
Peter Seiffert, 8636 Grey Birch Dr., Baldwinsville
NY, 13027 (315) 635-6370 E-mail:
[email protected]
Alexander Szemere, One Talia Rd., Kendall Park
NJ 08824-1705 (732) 821-5641 E-mail:
[email protected]
Frequency Coordinator
Dan Williams, 27 Treeline Dr., Liverpool NY 13090
(315) 652-7740 E-mail: [email protected]
Webmaster
Doug Crawford, 441 Co. Rt. 1A, Oswego NY 13126;
E-mail: [email protected]
New Jersey/ New York/
Europe
Dave
Mathewson
Vice President
7271 State Fair Blvd.,
Baldwinsville NY 13027
Tel.: (315) 727-4275
Fax: (315) 635-1039
E-mail: [email protected]
District II Web page: www.amadistrictii.org
Marguerite Gargiulo is one
of the few woman Pattern
fliers in the area. She flies
her Elan very well in
Intermediate.
George Rose prepares for
a flight.
Presented by Michael
Ramsey, this special
award honors Dean
Pappas for his years of
dedicated service to the
modeling community.