District III - 2010/11

166 MODEL AVIATION
ON AUGUST 15, 2010, the Corsair Model
Aircraft Club (CMAC) held an Open House
at the club’s new field in Franklin Township,
Portage County, Ohio. We wanted to thank
all who helped us and supported us in our
long quest to find a new field. The
community response was very good!
Announcements through local
newspapers and our own e-mail alert
system, as well as our club’s Web site,
resulted in a very nice turnout for the oneday
event. Special guests included the
landowner, Jim Ellsworth, his wife, and
daughters.
Club Vice President Thom Buchnell explains
some of the more exotic offerings, including
a “hexicopter” owned by Mike Ebner. The
club is leasing a former golf driving range
from Mr. Ellsworth as a takeoff/landing area,
and flies over the adjoining former golf
course, also owned by the family.
Flight demonstrations by club members
continued all day to the delight of the crowd.
Here Dave Wenman’s Cessna 310 makes a
pass.
Another popular feature in our displays was
the “Ground School” tent, featuring three
laptops running flight simulators—in this
case, RealFlight G3.5 and 4.5. These
simulators are a key part of our training
program, offered free to new pilots every
Tuesday evening during the spring-summer
flying season.
Among the many flight demos offered was
Dave Miller’s Boomerang Sprint jet. Dave is
currently the only club member flying a jet
as well as several 3-D helicopters!
The search for and acquisition of this
flying field is a long story, one that had
many ups and downs. The AMA, AMA
Vice President Bob Brown, AMA President
Dave Mathewson, and the entire staff were
always there, every step of the way, to help
make this happen!
For more pictures of the open house and
other CMAC events, please visit the club’s
Web site at www.cmac.org.
Bob Brown
Vice President
35 Sanford St.
Bradford PA 16701
Tel.: (814) 368-7655
www.amadistrictiii.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Randy Adams, Fairfield
OH; [email protected]
Mike Barbee, Delaware OH;
(740) 362-5545;
[email protected]
Jeff Black, New Oxford PA; (717)
965-5634; [email protected]
Dave Brown, Hamilton OH; (513)
738-1576; dbrown@
dbproducts.com
David H. Ellis, Cross Lanes WV;
(304) 776-1408;
[email protected]
Nelson Gould, Macungie PA;
(610) 395-9159; [email protected]
Ken Karpinski, Philadelphia PA;
(267) 474-3575;
[email protected]
Dan Luchaco, Sayre PA;
(570) 888-1856;
[email protected]
Jim Martin, Franklin OH;
(937) 260-0143;
[email protected]
Mark Radcliff, Saint Marys WV;
(304) 684-2133;
[email protected]
Leo Rodriguez, New Stanton PA;
(724) 925-0159;
[email protected]
Matthew Turowski, Nescopeck
PA; (570) 379-2014;
[email protected]
Joseph S. Vislay, Monclova OH
(419) 878-8843;
[email protected]
Frequency Coordinator:
Ron Morgan, Scotland PA;
(717) 264-7425;
[email protected]
District III
Bob Brown, District III Vice President; [email protected]
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
District III Volunteers