District V Report - 2003/09
SEVERAL CLUBS are honored this month as our Club of the Month. The Airmasters Model Airplane Club (AMAC), formerly the Albany Model Airplane Club, was begun before World War II and is one of the oldest clubs in America. AMAC sponsored a big fly-in on its Lee County field; I was there all day.
The few square inches on this page cannot permit a full description of this fine AMAC club. The District V web site, www.modelair.org, has 25 pictures of this AMAC fly-in. AMAC is one of our Clubs of the Month.
Columbus/Ft. Benning RC Flyers
I attended the Columbus/Ft. Benning RC Flyers Spring Fly-In at its Ft. Mitchell field. As always, the club had a huge turnout of fliers and spectators. I only had room for one more picture from the Columbus/Ft. Benning bash; I like people better than models, so here we are.
This fine organization is a Club of the Month. The District V web site, www.modelair.org, has 20 pictures of this affair.
Millington Barnstormers RC Club — Spads over Memphis
Have you ever heard of a Spad airplane? What about a Spadfest? I never heard of either until I went to Memphis, Tennessee, on May 17. The Millington Barnstormers RC Club held a Spads over Memphis event. “Spad” means Simple Plastic Airplane Design. All the airplanes I saw were handmade by the fliers for about $6–8 per airplane, not including the engine and radio rig. All of the fuselages were made from plastic gutter pipe. The wings were of corrugated plastic called Coroplast, similar to plastic cardboard.
The field was swarming with fliers from Tennessee, Kansas, Alabama, Texas, Georgia, and Louisiana. All were flying $7 airplanes and they were flying perfectly.
There are 20 pictures of these fine fliers on the District web site. The Millington Barnstormers is another Club of the Month.
Knox County RC Society (KCRC)
The Knox County RC Society (KCRC) held its annual Senior Pattern Association (SPA) contest in Knoxville, Tennessee. The SPA flies pattern but in a somewhat more relaxed mode than the National Society of Radio Controlled Aerobatics (NSRCA) style.
I must pay homage to contest director (CD) Johnny Pritchett — a good contest director! KCRC is a Club of the Month. Twenty pictures of the KCRC event are on the District’s web site.
Club of the Month honors
Clubs honored as Club of the Month will receive:
- Cloth patches for all members
- A framed plaque signed by AMA Executive Vice President Doug Holland and me
- A planned 12 x 18-inch flag that clubs can fly at their field
Fayette Flyers — King Peach Electric Championships
I attended the Fayette Flyers' King Peach Electric Championships in Fayette County, Georgia. The models were large, electric-powered gliders. Not many showed up because of inclement weather the day before.
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