District IV Report - 2004/04

April 2004 181
THIS FIRST REPORT was sent in by
George Abbott, associate vice president in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Raleigh-Durham R/C Club held its
annual Autumn Leaves Fly-in on September
20, 2003. This was only two days after
Hurricane Isabel but there was still a fine
turnout with more than 40 pilots registered.
There were approximately 150 airplanes and
a huge spectator turnout.
In addition to the regular sport models,
there were many large 3-D airplanes, a few
Park Flyers, and a couple of SPADs (simple
plastic airplane design). The weather was
great, the field was in excellent shape, and
there was a lot of flying.
Robert Vess flew a demonstration flight
with his turbine jet.
Robert and Larry Lewis are starting the
turbine jet. The flight was cut short when
an aileron servo failed resulting in highspeed
flutter. Robert was able to save the
airplane with no damage.
Drake Edwards’ P-51 has many
carburetors.
Not only is Mark Glazer’s 1/3-scale J-3 Cub
remarkable in its detail, in flight it is
virtually indistinguishable from the fullscale
aircraft. Mark is an American
Airlines pilot and is presently working on
a full-scale RV-8.
Roughly a third of the airplanes present
were on parade for Spectator’s Choice.
Best Sport was Jamie Snipes and Best
Warbird was James Fowler.
The District of Columbia Radio Control
club (DCRC) had its Bealeton, Virginia, flyin
in August of last year. This was originally
a Pattern meet 25 years ago but it has turned
into a three-day event with a full-scale air
show and model demonstrations on Sunday
as the finale.
Saturday evening features a great meal
under a large tent with pictures taken during
the previous two days shown on a large
screen. All of this was courtesy of Andy
Kane, this year’s contest director.
DCRC is a dedicated group and if you
haven’t been to one of its events, you are
missing out. All the club’s events are held at
a private airport near the town of Bealeton,
Virginia. Maybe I’ll see you there next year.
This is the Bealeton flightline.
This Balsa USA 1/3-scale Pup built by the
late Howard Crispin is now owned by Bob
Klenka.
This Balsa USA Stearman is owned by
Dave McQueeney.
North American B-25 Mitchell is owned by
Rod Jaeger.
A North American T-6 was built and flown
by David Fepelstein.
This Sukhoi was flown by Andy Kane.
Scott Davies scratch-built this Stearman.
These twin Cessna T-50 Bobcats belong
to Bill Schultze and Hank Mousolf.
I want to thank all of the Contest Board
members, contest coordinators, frequency
coordinator, and all of the associate vice
presidents for a job well done. Most
members do not realize how much work
these people do for us.
Thank you also for the support of the
members who voted to give me another
chance. I hope I can earn it. I’m always open
to hear what you have to say.
Thanks again, and go take a kid flying.
Note: For a listing of all district volunteer
workers please consult the previous issue of
Model Aviation.
Delaware / District of
Columbia / Maryland /North
Carolina / Virginia
Bliss Teague
Vice President
625 5th Ave., SW, Hickory
NC 28602-2812
Home: (828) 324-2164
Fax: (828) 267-0956
E-mail:
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