District V
Tony Stillman, District V Vice President; [email protected]
Area covered
- Alabama
- Florida
- Georgia
- Mississippi
- Puerto Rico
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- U.S. Virgin Islands
On September 13, I lost my wife, Christy, to breast cancer. I want to thank everyone who called, sent cards and letters, sent flowers, or made a donation in my wife's name to the American Cancer Society. In times like this, it is great to know we have a wonderful group of modelers who step up to help a friend in need.
By the time you read this, we should have a new Executive Director at AMA. I leave for an Executive Council meeting on Friday, October 13, and we will be interviewing the applicants and voting to select one of them at the meeting.
240 Pylon Racing Association — Central Florida (report from Jose Soto)
October 7, 2006, saw the 240 Pylon Racing Association put on a great race at the Remote Control Association of Central Florida's flying field in Apopka. This type of racing is competitive and affordable; the pilots all fly Mel Whiteley's Sport 240 aircraft. This is an 80-inch sport design that is easy to build and fly.
The 240 Association has a circuit that it follows throughout Florida, and the way the members promote the sport of giant-scale racing is hobby-friendly. The pilots register and pay $25, the host field gets $10 from every registration, and the association brings all the equipment needed for racing such as stopwatches, radios, pylons, plaques, and food. All the host club has to do is provide the venue and roughly 10 workers for line and lap counting. What the club gets is exposure to a great group of modelers promoting the hobby at its best.
Friendly competition is the order of the day, and everyone has much fun doing it. If your field is interested in hosting a race, drop me a message — I'll be happy to serve you.
For more pictures of the 240 Racing Association, see Martin Theimer's gallery at www.halo3.net/pictures/ and click on the rc_race_gainesville folder. The pictures are by Lynn Gordon.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
