District IV Report - 2003/09
Delaware / District of Columbia / Maryland / North Carolina / Virginia
Vice President
- Bliss Teague
625 5th Ave., SW, Hickory, NC 28602-2812 Home: (828) 324-2164 Fax: (828) 267-0956 E-mail: [email protected]
Associate Vice Presidents
- George Abbott
8712 Westlake Court, Raleigh, NC 27613 Tel.: (919) 848-6719 E-mail: [email protected]
- Randy Elliott
5302 Crossbow Drive, Pulaski, VA 24301 Tel.: (540) 980-8461 Office Tel.: (540) 994-2316 E-mail: [email protected]
- Chuck Foreman
412 Pine Cone Ct., Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 Tel.: (252) 441-5855 Fax: (252) 441-6554 E-mail: [email protected]
- Tom McClain
2601 N. Quantico St., Arlington, VA 22207 E-mail: [email protected]
- Richard (Rick) Moreland
726 Hillmeade Rd., Edgewater, MD 21037 Tel.: (301) 261-7366 E-mail: [email protected]
- Steve Moulton
2217 Johnstown Rd., Chesapeake, VA 23322 Tel.: (757) 421-4545 E-mail: [email protected]
- John Stare
826 Marl Pl Rd., Middletown, DE 19709 Tel.: (302) 376-7154 E-mail: [email protected]
Frequency Coordinator
- George Fryer
5508 Ransom Dr., Fayetteville, NC 28303 Tel.: (910) 867-9524 E-mail: [email protected]
Contest Coordinator
- Alice Mundy
18 W. Lewis Rd., Hampton, VA 23666-4012 Tel.: (757) 826-5063 E-mail: [email protected]
Club News
Charlotte Acromodelers
The Charlotte Acromodelers held their Fall Family Day on November 18, 2002 at the club field. A Cub Scout group attended for a free lunch, flight demonstrations, and instruction. Approximately 15 Cub Scouts participated in the flying.
In October 2002, the club held an exhibition at the Charlotte Douglas Airport to commemorate a 25-year celebration. Nearly 600 people attended.
Information and pictures were furnished by Scott Gantt.
Richmond Area Radio Control Club
Richmond Area Radio Control, Richmond, Virginia, held its traditional New Year’s Day club get-together. This has gone on for six or seven years now. From an initial gathering of four or five fanatics, the event had 35 or 40 people in attendance. The New Year’s Day event has become a tradition and a really fun event for us. Our clubhouse was the focal point for the eating and noisy socializing. Warm and dry is always good on January 1.
Those who arrived by mid-morning not only got to fly before the weather turned from intermittent rain to steady, hard rain, but they also ate pancakes prepared by Scott Strimple. Later arrivals were treated to camaraderie, much good-natured poking of fun at each other, and plenty to eat.
As might be expected, black-eyed peas and stewed tomatoes were present. Also on the menu were a couple of pots of chili, cornbread and corn muffins, some ham biscuits, various cakes, cobblers, veggies, and about anything else you could want at a New Year’s Day picnic. It would be hard to say how many gallons of coffee were consumed.
The summer sun-shade pavilion was enclosed in plastic, and a fire barrel kept everyone comfortable and cozy.
Between the two locations, plenty of stories were shared, many fliers were razzed, and various dares were offered. As is the case with most flying clubs, it is best to bring your thickest skin with you when you attend a club event such as this. That way the barbs bounce off causing no damage.
For some reason or other, thumbs begin to get more daring at this event, along with a semi-disconnect from the pilot’s brains. Andy Hammer did not repeat as a three-time winner of the "First to Crash" award, as he had done for the past two years on New Year’s Day, even though he did fly the same airplane "between the trees." I guess you get the picture.
Ken Rudd took the honors, however, since Ken tried to do a 30-foot trick about 15 feet off the ground. Some observers did not think that this was a crash but more probably destiny. There was lively conversation about whether this was a crash or a high-energy landing, since the outcome was certainly known in advance.
The monsoons washed out any more flying, and Ken won the coveted award by default. We tried to get someone to go "between the trees" in inverted fashion. Lack of courage prevented us from witnessing any attempt.
About the time that the flying field was awash in an inch of water, most of the food had long since been consumed, and no one had been left uninsulted, we packed up our dirty dishes, our wet equipment, and put it all, along with our smiling faces, on the road home.
It was a good day and time well spent with friends. We feel very lucky to be able to enjoy this event each year. Maybe we should have had some float planes.
Notices
I regret to inform District IV modelers of the passing of our longtime frequency coordinator, Paul Yaccobucci. Paul, with the help of his wife Jacque, did an excellent job. District IV members—and especially his wife and family—will miss him. From all of us we send our condolences.
George Fryer has agreed to take over the position with Jacque’s help. Thank you, Jacque and George. The information for George is listed above in the column heading. Let’s wish George success in his new endeavors.
Until next time, take a kid flying ... Bliss Teague
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
