District IV - 2010/12

Jim Bodenheimer and Mike Montgomery
discussing strategy.
THE GRETNA RADIO FLYERS hosted
the second annual DC Bodenheimer
Memorial Fun-Fly on May 22, 2010. Fun
was in the name of the event and it was had
by all.
This fun-fly was sponsored by Laser
Cutter Workshop and KC Hobby. We hope
that this event continues to grow and that
participation increases as well.
The Newport News Park RC Club’s
seventh annual Scale Fly-In was held on
August 14, 2010, at the club’s field.
Conditions could not have been better. We
had a clear sky, comfortable temperatures,
and a light breeze right down the runway
from right to left.
There were 21 registered pilots from
several area clubs, with one guest flier from
Maryland. CD Joe Lupton called the pilots’
briefing at 9 a.m. and flying began at
approximately 9:15.
There were seven military models and 16
civilian models flown. A model had to have
flown to be eligible for an award. All awards
were based on voting by the pilots and
spectators except for one. The Turkey Flight
Award was given to the worst crash of the
day.
The unfortunate recipient of this award
went to Steve Kolet, whose very nice
biplane had an in-flight structural failure and
the wings fluttered to earth after the fuselage
augured in on the far side of the runway.
The hit of the day was Marvin Napier
from Maryland who had a ½-scale
Decathlon. This was a beautiful red-andyellow
model that looked realistic in flight
and Marvin knows how to fly it.
With smoke billowing, he flew every
maneuver in the book that could have been
expected of the full-scale aircraft. Marvin
took home the Best of Show award, as well
as the Most Realistic Flight award.
Congratulations, Marvin.
Marvin Napier took Best of Show.
Noon line-up of airplanes.
A row of happy spectators.
Lunch was ready by noon and the
runway lineup followed that. Ballots were
passed out to all present and the votes were
counted.
The results were Best Civilian: Jerry
Winkler, Pawnee; in second place was Bill
Sorrell, Pitts M-17; third was Don Kohlman,
Extra 300. Best Military was won by Dave
Haywood, SNJ; second place was Joe
Lupton, P-47; and in third was Dave
Haywood, B-25.
The award for the Most Flights went to
Todd Smith.
The raffle prize was a nice .60-size P-51
ARF that Phil Goodwin won.
As CD, I would like to thank every one
who helped with this meet. I would
especially like to thank my wife, Levona,
who came out and helped me with the
registration.
This is a club effort and as usual, we had
good participation. Thanks to all and
congratulations to the winners. We had a
good time and I’m already looking forward
to next year.
—Joe Lupton
District IV
Bliss Teague, District IV Vice President; [email protected]
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia
Bliss Teague
Vice President
625 5th Ave. SW,
Hickory NC 28602
Tel.: (828) 324-2164
Fax: (828) 267-0956
[email protected]
www.amadistrictiv.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Josh Bunn, Zebulon NC; (919)
291-6374; josh@qualityplusauto
motive.com
Randy Elliott, Radford VA; Home:
(540) 239-0645; Office: (540) 994-
2316; [email protected]
Bill Hamby, Jr., King NC; (336)
985-3983; [email protected]
Ron King, Gainesville VA; (703)
765-1608; [email protected]
John Kirchstein, Newark DE;
(302) 731-2831;
[email protected]
Richard (Rick) Moreland,
Edgewater MD; (301) 261-7366;
[email protected]
Steve Moulton, Chesapeake VA;
(757) 421-4545; moultons@mind
spring.com; District Webmaster
Contest Coordinators:
RC: Andy Kane, 305 Natick Ct.,
Silver Spring MD 20905; (301)
785-3022; [email protected]
FF and CL: John Tate, 10
Hanbury Ave., Portsmouth VA
23702; [email protected]
Brad Booth, Frequency and
Safety Coordinator: 8416 Racine
Road, Pleasant Garden NC 27313;
(336) 685-0088;
[email protected]
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