WHILE ATTENDING the Free Flight
Nats, we had the pleasure of surprising
Kyle Jones of Avon Lake, Ohio, with
several AMA scholarships.
The total scholarship amount of
$13,900 was generated with funds from the
Charles Hampson Grant funds, the Toledo
Weak Signals grant, and the Telford grant.
Kyle will be studying biomedical
engineering at Boston University.
Kyle’s father, Charles, was a bronze
medal winner in the recent Free Flight
World Championship in Croatia.
Congratulations to the Jones family.
The Academy is extremely proud of your
accomplishments.
The Wing Nutz RC Club of St. Marys,
West Virginia, held its annual Buddy Box
Day on Saturday May 30, 2009. Because
of several schedule conflicts, the turnout
was less than expected with the exception
of the Civil Air Patrol. This group arrived
in a van with five young cadets and three
senior leaders eager to fly.
After a brief ground school, club
members began to buddy box these cadets
and what a surprise the club members had.
These people were good! They easily picked
up on the flying.
After talking with their leaders it was
easy to understand why they took to flying
RC so well. They all had extensive aviation
training and really understand why and how
an airplane flyies. Also, the leader members
took their turn at flying, two of whom were
full-scale pilots.
A friendly competition began
between students and their leaders
and guess who won? The students!
These young folks did so well that
a couple landed the trainers on their
own. With just a little more time
they could have easily soloed.
If your club has never contacted
the Civil Air Patrol about buddy
boxing I highly advise you give
them a call. They already
understand flying and are
extremely well disciplined and
listen to instructions and always
answer “yes, sir” and “no, sir.”
That’s not something you hear
much in society these days. Give
them a call and you will be glad
you did.
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
www.amadistrictiii.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Randy Adams, Fairfield
OH; (513) 858-3154;
[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, Drums PA;
(570) 788-0661;
[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 Volunteers
AMA District III Vice President Bob Brown (R) presented Kyle Jones with a check for
$13,900. Looking on (from the left) are dad Charles, Nats Manager Ron Morgan, Scholarship
Committee member Jane Morgan, and Kyle’s mother Geralyn.
October 2009 173
Buddy Box Day at the Wing Nutz RC Club in St.
Marys, West Virginia.
Edition: Model Aviation - 2009/10
Page Numbers: 173