District V-2011/07

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District V
Jose Soto, District V Vice President; [email protected]
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands
NOVEMBER 6 was the fly-in at Pinebelt
RC club of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. This
was not your typical fly-in, and it was the
idea of event director Jeff Williams. It
actually had three parts. First was your
normal fly-what-you-got type of event, and
it was a good one. We had everything from
small electrics to 40% Giants and everything
in between.
Next was pretty unusual. It was a World
War II tribute reenactment, complete with a
42-foot battleship that the club built. While
the warbirds made passes through the antiaircraft
fire from the battleship, they blew up
the ship. That’s right, blew it up. Yes, the
fire department was there to put it out! It
was safe.
Next was the lunch. This was not your
typical fly-in lunch. It had everything
including beef, pork, chicken, pizza, and
more! It was a full buffet line! Some, I
believe, was supplied, and others were
brought by members. It was something!
Let me tell you something about the
Pinebelt club. You probably think it took a
big club to put this on. Not so. Pinebelt only
has approximately 25 members, but they all
help out in any way they can. Jeff and the
club members have worked hard to turn this
into a must-attend event, and I believe
they’ve done it! I hope they repeat this next
year.
—Paul Verger,
Associate Vice President, Mississippi
Don Ogren sent this in:
“The Spring Hill modelers enjoy a bit of
flying in the Timber Pines Performing Art
Center’s high-ceiling facility once a month,
year around. Models include indoor RC and
rubber-powered No-Cal types. The two-hour
sessions usually result in a few ‘wall
bangers’ and ‘ceiling pushers.’ Midairs are
rare. Several helicopters are flown regularly.
“We don’t have a club, and we invite all
who are interested, although most are
members of the Hernando County RC Club
of Spring Hill, Florida.”
Rich Lawrie sent this is from Alabama:
“The North Alabama Radio Control
Association’s (NARCA) 2011 Madison
County R/C Swap Meet, held on March19,
was very successful in terms of seller and
buyer turnout. Most of the tables were
presold and we had to add a few tables to
accommodate some late-arriving sellers.
Setup started before 7:30 and, as the photo
shows, was still in progress when the doors
opened to the buyers.
“Each attendee received a door prize
raffle ticket, and tickets were drawn every
15 minutes. Door prizes included of a
variety of small building and alignment
aides, as well as such things as glue, glow
plugs, and free premium subscriptions to RC
Report online.
“This year’s main raffle was limited to
one prize: a Spectrum DX8 radio system.
You can see the happy winner, Bill Zinger
on the right in the photo. The smile says it
all. Tim Batt, NARCA’s Events Committee
Chairman is on the left.
“As with
most swap
meets, the
items for
sale ranged
from new,
still-in-thebox
kits,
engines,
motors, and
airborne lighting systems, to a very large
collection of well-used items such as flight
boxes, starters, and airframes. If you didn’t
see at least one item you would like to have,
you were obviously in the wrong place.
“The event ended with a voluntary
auction to provide sellers a last opportunity
to move more items, and buyers an
opportunity to buy an item at a better price.
It was a good event all around.”
Until next time!
Jose Soto
Vice President
1930 Deanna Drive,
Apopka FL 32703;
Tel. : (407) 409-4795;
[email protected]
www.amadistrict-v.org
Safety Coordinator: Red
Scholefield, Newberry
FL; (352) 331-8410;
[email protected]
Associate Vice Presidents
Alabama:
Rick Grim, Harvest AL; (256)
503-5847; (rickgrim@ama
district-v.org)
Florida:
Pablo Fernandez, Cape Coral FL;
(239) 549-3293;
[email protected]
Jim Perdue, Coral Springs FL;
(954) 461-5335;
[email protected]
Georgia:
Bob Dixon, Macon GA;
[email protected]
Mississippi:
Hank Cooper, Terry MS;
(601) 857-3111; hacooper@
bellsouth.com
South Carolina:
Richard Whitely, Summerville
SC; (843) 408-3509;
[email protected]
Tennessee:
Frank Ponteri, Maryville TN ;
(865) 233-0308
[email protected]
Dick Tonan, La Vergne TN;
[email protected]
Webmaster: Bill Davison
[email protected]
For additional district officers and
volunteers, please see a previous
issue of MA or visit the District V
Web site.
District V Volunteers
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