District III Report - 2004/02

February 2004 173
WE HAVE a Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale (FAI) World Champion
within District III. Bob Sifleet of Glen Rock,
Pennsylvania, won the F1E Free Flight (FF)
World Championship in Cluj-Napoca,
Romania!
Bob is a member of the Model Aviation
Hall of Fame and is well known within the
top echelon of the FF community.
The F1E segment of FF is perhaps the
most complex of any of the events. Models
have to be adjusted to fly in a standing wave
on the hillside as well as straight ahead
thermal flight. Adjustable ballast is also
used to contend with the varied parameters.
A win in this category certainly
illustrates the competitor’s knowledge of
flight. Congratulations to Bob!
FAI F1E World Champion, Bob Sifleet.
Bob Sifleet’s airplanes and his F1E World
Championship trophy.
Positive publicity is a necessity for every
club. The Reading Eagle published an
informative article about the Flying
Dutchmen Aeromodelers and their various
flying activities.
This article highlighted the modelers in
an instructive manner to the thousands of the
newspapers readers. Publicity like this is
what aeromodeling needs. Why not offer
some information or a news release to your
local newspaper.
Associate Vice President Matt Turowski
provided the following information from the
Wyoming Valley RC Flyers of Wyoming,
Pennsylvania, and the club’s long-standing
alignment with the Make-A-Wish
Foundation of Northeast Pennsylvania.
This year the club’s activities included an
Antique and Classic Car Show and a flyover
by a full-scale Stinson V77. The main
attraction was a full-scale Blackhawk
helicopter from the Army National Guard.
Members of the West End Wings,
Tuscarora RC Club, Abington RC Sport
Flyers, Black Sheep Squadron, and the
Cocalico Prop Busters put on a great Radio
Control airshow. Three television stations
and two local papers covered the event.
Proceeds of more than $4,000 were
donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
This will certainly help make wishes come
true. Thanks to Mike Losh for providing the
information and pictures.
If you would like to learn more, check
out the club’s Web site at
www.wyomingvalleyrcflyers.com.
Wyoming Valley: where wishes come true!
This National Guard Blackhawk helicopter
stole the show.
The buddy box can fulfill a great many
wishes.
Everyone flies models.
Who says you can’t have your cake and eat
it too? Colonel Fred “Buddy” Boone of
Washington, Pennsylvania, enjoys his
partnership with the local Texas Roadhouse.
The restaurant displays and sponsors his
great flying Midwest Extra 300s.
Buddy Boone proudly displays his Extra
300.
I am sure that you have read about Maynard
Hill’s crossing of the Atlantic with a model
airplane. My wife and I had the pleasure of
attending a celebration of the success in
which Maynard spoke about his modeling
career.
For the Pennsylvania portion of District
III, we can be proud that he is a graduate of
Penn State University. You might also be
interested in the fact that Maynard’s early
employment was at Westinghouse in
Pittsburgh.
The modelers of District III offer
congratulations to the crew of the Society
for Technical Aeromodel Research.
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Hill explain the
history of Maynard’s modeling life.
Ohio / Pennsylvania /
West Virginia
Bob Brown
Vice President
35 Sanford Street
Bradford PA 16701
(814) 368-7655
E-mail: [email protected]
Associate Vice Presidents
Mike Barbee, 6561 Calgary Court, Columbus OH
43229-2008 (614) 891-1643
David H. Ellis, 5261 DeWitt Road, Cross Lanes
WV 25313-1209 (304) 776-1408
Nelson Gould, 1340 Oak Drive, Macungie PA
18062 (610) 395-9159
Donald Klopp, 30 Rosemont Dr., Myerstown PA
17067 (717) 866-6469
Dan Luchaco, 605 Stevenson Street, Sayre PA
18840 (570) 888-1856 [email protected]
Tom Morris, 5131 Delford, Pittsburgh PA 15207
(412) 461-7364
Frank Noll, 5492 Waterloo Road, Dayton OH
45459 (937) 435-9232
Matthew Turowski, 5 Dogwood Road, Drums, PA
18222 (717) 788-0661
Joseph S. Vislay, 1381 Cranbrook Drive, PO Box
851, Maumee OH 43537-3062 (419) 893-9537
E-mail: [email protected]
Frequency Coordinator
John Cottle, 1012 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort
PA 18704 (717) 287-8970
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