I AM EXCITED to report that we will be
voting on a new Executive Director for
AMA at the October Executive Council
(EC) meeting. A committee from the EC has
done a wonderful job of going through the
more-than-60 résumés. The members of this
committee have cut the number of
candidates to three.
I am again making a final call to any clubs
in District V that would like to host a
District Jamboree event such as the one we
had in Mobile, Alabama, this year. In 2007 I
would like to have three of these events.
One will again be held in Mobile, and I want
one in the northern part of the district and
one in the central Florida area.
I already have one club in South Carolina
that has contacted me with an interest. If
your club is interested, please contact me. I
will make a final decision on the host clubs
by the end of the year.
I am happy to report that I have several new
associate vice presidents (AVPs) to help
cover South Florida and South Carolina! I
hope that these new AVP’s will be able to
service our District V membership even
better!
The Top Gun R/C Club held its seventh
annual Ronnie Bray Memorial Fly-In on
June 10—the hottest day up to that point in
the flying season. Temperatures approached
100 in the shade, but the heat didn’t slow the
activities at all.
The Top Gun club has been hosting this
annual fly-in for a few years, but after club
member Ronnie Bray lost his battle with
cancer, the event was renamed in his honor.
Club members described Ronnie as being a
modeler’s modeler.
The event is a true “fly-what-you-brung”
meet, and all the proceeds are donated to the
American Cancer Society. The event raises a
considerable amount of money each year
because all the food and drink, raffle prizes,
door prizes, and auction items are donated.
All you need to do is show up to get free hot
dogs and soft drinks. Really!
The Top Gun facility is a few short miles
from Lake Hartwell in northeastern Georgia,
and the Ronnie Bray Memorial Fly-in draws
pilots and families from all across the
Southeast.
A major activity at the Ronnie Bray
Memorial Fly-in is passing out door prizes
and raffle and auction items. The volume of
donated aeromodeling supplies, kits,
engines, and radio components is truly
impressive. Some items were auctioned
multiple times, because the winner donated
the item back to the club for a second
auction.
The people running the small, food
trailer were busy all day long passing out
free hot dogs, chips, and soft drinks.
Donations were most welcome, too.
The flying activities at the Ronnie Bray
Memorial Fly-in are constant and varied.
Almost every sort of model aircraft was
flown at one time or another and some
participants flew multiple types from giant
aerobatic models to tiny electrics and
everything in between. To say that the folks
at the event were serious about having fun
would be an understatement of the first
order.
This pilot
nicked his left
thumb starting
an engine earlier in the day. The injury was
minor and needed only a few stitches and
bandage at the local emergency room.
Adding insult to injury, he missed seeing
the full-size aerobatic flight demonstration
which took place while he was off doing the
classic “hold still, this won’t hurt a bit”
thing. Intent on having as much fun as
possible, he returned to the fly-in and had a
model back in the air “before the lidocaine
wore off!”
Tony Stillman
Vice President
3702 N. Pace Blvd.,
Pensacola FL 32505
Tel.: (850) 324-5832
www.amadistrict-v.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Alabama:
Lamar Blair, Decatur AL;
(256) 303-8349; lamarblair
@amadistrict-v.org
Jhon P. Russell, Mount Olive AL;
(205) 213-5240
hog81254@bellsouth.net
Florida:
Douglas Jones, Deerfield Beech
FL; shellback76@bellsouth.net
Gene Martine, Jacksonville FL;
gmflying@bellsouth.net
Jim Saiff, Tampa FL; (813)-969-
4262; jsaiffchipmunkrc1@
verizon.net
Jose Soto, Apopka FL;
jsoto5@cfl.rr.com
Tony Fandino, Hialeah FL;
(305)216-8580; tony@ajfnet.com
Georgia:
Bob Dixon, Macon GA;
rldixon3@cox.net
Nick Wright, Moultrie GA;
gmcsierra91@hotmail.com
Freddie L. McClellan, Marietta
GA; (770) 402-6570; fred@
amadistrict-v.org
Mississippi:
Paul Verger, Vancleave MS;
(228) 826-4892
Terry W. Boston, Byhalia MS;
(662) 838-5541; TBoston1@
midsouth.rr.com
Puerto Rico:
Richard Prann, San Juan PR; Day
(800) 424-1322; Cell (787) 643-
0373; prann@onelinkpr.net
South Carolina:
Jim Fender, Batesburg SC; (803)
414-2591; fenderjw@gmail.com
Roger Marshall, Camden SC;
(803) 432-2347;
spacewalker@bellsouth.net
Tennessee:
Charles R. Anderson,
Chattanooga TN; (423) 227-6725;
chas1025@msn.com
Albert Glenn, Memphis TN; (901)
647-4211); atglennmtn@aol.com
Owen Maupin, Collegedale TN;
(423) 240-3525;
owen@amadistrict-v.org
Billy Miller, Blountville TN; (423)
335-2486; hms@preferred.com
Dick Tonan, La Vergne TN;
dtonan@compuserve.com
Safety Coordinator: Red
Schofield, Newberry FL; (352)
331-8410; redscho@bellsouth.net
Frequency Coordinator: Nick
Wright, Moultrie GA; (229) 985-
9296; gmcsierra91@hotmail.com D
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Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands
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