District III - 2011/05

142 MODEL AVIATION
THE LAST WEEKEND in February was
very busy for the Academy. I spent the
weekend at the Westchester Radio
AeroModelers (WRAM) Show while
AMA’s Government Relations and
Regulatory Affairs Representative Rich
Hanson and Associate Vice President (AVP)
Mark Radcliff were in Charleston, West
Virginia.
The main focus of our activity was to
enlighten the membership pertaining to
issues with the FAA. The following insight
was generated by Mark Radcliff:
“The third annual West Virginia RC
Expo was held Saturday, February 26, 2011,
at the National Guard Armory in Charleston.
This event, sponsored by the Jackson
County Aeromodelers and Flying Hillbillies,
has become a big attraction for modeling in
the state.
“Chuck Westfall and his crew have done
an outstanding job of attracting hobby
vendors and modelers from not only West
Virginia, but surrounding states of Ohio and
Virginia.
“This year, the Academy and Chuck
were able to add an important element to the
event with a special guest, Rich Hanson, of
the AMA. Rich is AMA’s government
relations and regulatory affairs
representative and has been working with
the FAA for three years concerning the
upcoming FAA rules and regulations that
will have an impact on model aviation.
“Rich gave a brief but detailed outline of
the current AMA/FAA meetings and some
of the possible ramifications these
regulations could have on model aviation.
“After Rich’s talk it was announced that
anyone wanting to contact their elected
officials in Washington could do so
immediately by using a group of computers
set up at the expo. AMA District III AVP
Mark Radcliff helped those who were
interested log in to the AMA Web site so
they could e-mail their respective state
representatives.
“Rich and Mark answered questions
throughout the day concerning this
important issue. Rich traveled from his
home in Arizona to update everyone and the
gathering of modelers from West Virginia
and surrounding states was appreciative of
his visit.
“After listening and talking to Rich, it
was very apparent that AMA has the perfect
man for the job of representing all AMA
members concerning this important subject.
He is working on a local FAA issue
pertaining to airport use by local modelers.
“Once again the West Virginia RC Expo
was a huge success thanks to the efforts of
the Jackson County Aeromodelers and the
Flying Hillbillies RC Club.”
Rich Hanson (L) and Mark Radcliff discussed
the FAA situation at the West Virginia Expo.
These are some of the models on display at
the West Virginia Hobby Expo.
The Tuscarora RC Club begins its 44th year
as AMA Chartered Club #574 and its 17th
year as a Gold Leader Club. The club’s 2011
schedule and pictures of past events are
posted on its Web site at
www.tuscarorarcflyingclub.com.
The first of two scheduled mall displays
was held successfully on February 12-13,
2011, at the Laurel Mall in Hazleton,
Pennsylvania.
In addition to the 30-plus airplanes and
helicopters on display, a large HDTV set
was set up and attached to a laptop computer
that was running the latest RC flightsimulator
software. This provided a handson
experience to the many onlookers with
the opportunity of model airplane flying
without crashing.
On the last weekend of February, another
mall show display was scheduled for the
Fairlane Mall in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
Raffle tickets were available at the shows
for two chances to win a ready-to-run RC
truck or RTF RC trainer airplane. A drawing
to choose the lucky winners will take place
on the last Sunday in August at the annual,
public-invited demonstration event named
Aerorama 2011.
Several fine models were on display.
The information table at the Tuscarora mall
show.
District III
Bob Brown, District III Vice President; [email protected]
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Bob Brown
Vice President
35 Sanford St.
Bradford PA 16701
Tel.: (814) 368-7655
District Web site:
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]
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