District V - 2010/12

District V
Jose Soto, District V Vice President; [email protected]
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands
HI GANG. I have been pretty impressed by
some clubs out in the district. You have
been very kind and gracious to me and for
that, I thank you.
I had the opportunity to visit the Georgia
Model Aviators RC Club’s (GMARC)
Warbirds Over Atlanta. It was one of the
best-organized and best-run events I have
attended.
John Singer, Chris
Kennedy, and Larry
Towner, along with their
club staff, made model
aviation shine in a safe,
open-to-the-public
environment.
I had the opportunity
to meet with one of the
city commissioners who
attended, and he had only
good things to say about
this club!
The only surviving
member of the Enola Gay
was one of the event
guests! The Enola Gay
dropped the first atomic
bomb on Hiroshima,
Japan and Theodore
“Dutch Van Kirk was the
navigator! What an honor
to meet this American
hero at one of our
modeling events, Kudos
Georgia Model Aviators!
The GMARC has a
Big Brothers, Big Sisters
mentoring program. This
is what modeling is all about. We
bring the youth in, we mentor
them, and they will not depart
from that path when they get
older. I know. I was mentored in
the program 40 years ago!
I will be seeing most of you this
coming year and I can’t wait to
share the sky with you.
Stay safe!
Jose Soto
Vice President
1930 Deanna Drive,
Apopka FL 32703; (407)
409-4795; www.ama
district-v.org
Contest Coordinators
RC: Dick Tonan, 639
Knollwood Dr., La
Vergne TN 37086;
[email protected]
FF: Bob Thoren, 10002 Bluff Dr.,
Huntsville AL 35803; (256) 726-
1051; [email protected]
CL: Bob Whitney, 456 Garvey Rd.
SW, Palm Bay FL 32908;
[email protected]
Associate Vice Presidents
Alabama:
Rick Grim, Harvest AL; (256) 503-
5847; (rickgrim@ama
district-v.org)
Florida:
Ron Van Putte, Ft. Walton Bch. FL;
(850) 243-0207; [email protected]
Humberto Pomales, Kissimmee
FL; (407) 344-9123; zen120140@
yahoo.com
Georgia:
Bob Dixon, Macon GA; rldixon3@
cox.net
Mississippi:
Hank Cooper, Terry MS;
(601) 857-3111; hacooper@
bellsouth.com
Paul Verger, Vancleave MS;
(228) 826-4892;
[email protected]
Puerto Rico:
South Carolina:
Jim Fender, Batesburg SC; (803)
414-2591; [email protected]
Roger Marshall, Camden SC;
(803) 432-2347;
[email protected]
Tennessee:
Owen Maupin, Chattanooga TN;
[email protected]
Webmaster: Bill Davison
[email protected]
Safety Coordinator: Red
Scholefield, Newberry FL; (352)
331-8410; [email protected]
For additional district officers and
volunteers, please see a previous
issue of MA or visit the District V
Web site.
D i s t r i c t V V o l u n t e e r s
December 2010 173
Dutch Van Kirk was the navigator on the Enola Gay, the
aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Some of the crowd watching the Georgia Model Aviators’ Warbird Airshow.
Right: (L-R) Chris Kennedy,
John Singer, and Larry
Towner were the event
organizers!