District V Report - 2003/10
Area
Alabama / Florida / Georgia / Mississippi / Puerto Rico / South Carolina / Tennessee
Vice President
Jim McNeill 617 South 20th Avenue Birmingham, AL 35205 Tel: (205) 322-2127 Fax: (205) 252-2654 Email: [email protected]
District V Web page: www.modelair.org/ Frequency Coordinator: Jim McNeill
Associate Vice Presidents
- James Alvis, Jackson, MS — (601) 956-4978
- Sherwin Arculis, Huntsville, AL — (256) 883-9838
- Malcolm Boatfield, Marietta, GA — (770) 977-4126
- Ron Chidgey, Pensacola, FL — (850) 476-8639
- Judi Dunlap, Summerfield, FL — (352) 347-5852
- Rod Gier, Cocoa, FL — (321) 636-2148
- Michael Gregory, Greenville, SC — (864) 244-8660
- Louise Izzo, Winter Springs, FL — (407) 699-4929
- Richard Jackson, Charleston, SC — (843) 744-4575
- Bob Laine, Goldmine, GA — (770) 466-5336
- Richard MacEntee, Palmetto, FL — (941) 729-1524
- Joseph Micalizzi, Fajardo, PR — (787) 863-9163
- Fred Mulholland, Tampa, FL — (813) 962-7020
- Nancy Riley, Lake Placid, FL — (863) 699-1215
- Melvin Sires, Aiken, SC — (803) 649-4073
- Manny Sousa, Gulf Breeze, FL — (850) 932-6383
- Jim Stewart, Gardendale, AL — (205) 631-6968
- Ward Van Duzer, Gainesville, GA — (770) 718-0122
- Lee Webster, Manchester, TN — (615) 728-3283
- Bud Williams, Gray, TN — (423) 477-0772
Clubs of the Month
Columbia RC Flying Modelers (Tennessee)
Two clubs are Clubs of the Month this month. First, the Columbia RC Flying Modelers in Tennessee. I attended the club’s big, three-day Tennessee Jets meet. What I saw there I almost could not believe — I still can’t believe it.
The jet meet was held at the Maury County Airport between Columbia and Mt. Pleasant. The airport was shut down for three days to full-scale airplanes so the model jets could use all the runways (occasionally a full-scale airplane would still take off or land). The mayor of Mt. Pleasant sent a fire truck with five firemen who stood by at the field for three days. Mayor William Boyd also donated orange plastic fencing to keep spectators back at the required distance and assigned two on-duty policemen to patrol spectators and fliers. Services provided by the two cities, Columbia and Mt. Pleasant, were at no cost to the club.
There are 25 pictures of this Columbia jet event on the District V web site, including a photo of Bob Ballard, the Maury County Airport manager who closed the field for three days. Visit www.modelair.org for the gallery.
Hill Top Flyers (Loganville, Georgia)
The Hill Top Flyers in Loganville, Georgia, are our other Club of the Month. The club conducted its second annual combat meet, called Hot Atlanta Combat.
RC combat involves tying a long string to the end of the airplane and then maneuvering through the skies trying to cut an opponent’s ribbon while protecting one’s own. SPAD aircraft are common for this discipline and are inexpensive to build.
The District V web site has many pictures of the RC Combat contest.
Both clubs, as Clubs of the Month, will receive cloth patches, a flag to fly, and a framed plaque.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
