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IT’S JULY and I am sitting at my computer
writing a report for the month of November. It
seems very strange because at this time of the
year some of you have put your airplanes
away for the winter, and others are pulling
your airplanes out to fly. It’s also
Thanksgiving this month, so remember to be
thankful for all that you have.
It is the time of the year to start dropping
hints to your wife or friends about what you
want for Christmas. You know what I mean.
It’s also the time of the year for elections
in District V. Please remember to send your
card back so it can be counted. It is up to the
members to elect a vice president for District
V. Please send your vote to the proper
address and not to AMA Headquarters with
your membership renewal. Your ballot will
not count if you send it to AMA.
I hope you have had time to check out the
new District V Web site at www.amadistrict-
5.org. I hope you will make use of the site. I
want to thank our new webmaster, Walter
Umland, for volunteering his time when I
needed help. Thanks to Gene Martine for
recommending Walter.
Remember, this site can only be as good
as you make it, so please send your pictures
to [email protected] for the
District V Web page.
The site will be broken down into section
because we all like different kinds of flying
machines. There will be portions for Indoor,
CL, Carrier, Racing, Aerobatics, RC and CL
Combat, FF, Scale and Giant Scale, Warbirds,
electrics, helicopters, and jets, just to name a
few! Hope I did not miss anything.
This site will feature the pictures I asked
you to send me in my last monthly report. I
want you to be able to go to that site and see
any type of flying machine.
For sale: We will have a section on the
Web site where members in District V can list
two items that they have for sale. This portion
of the site is for AMA members only. The
items will be listed for one month only.
You are completely responsible for
everything you list and sell; District V or
AMA will not be responsible for anything you
put on the site for sale. You will put your
AMA number, name, address, telephone
number, and E-mail address and list what you
have for sale.
Finally, the Web page will list all of the
clubs in District V. If you are traveling, check
out the site and you will be able to see if there
is a flying field in that area.
I hope that you will be proud of your new
site and use it frequently. I want it to be up
and running by the time you get this report. If
it is not, please be patient as we eliminate
some of the bugs.
I’ve appointed two people to offices in
District V. Dick Tonan, associate vice
president (AVP) in Tennessee, is also the RC
event coordinator for District V. He will
submit the events scheduled for District V to
our webmaster so that all approved sanctioned
events will appear on our site.
Rod Gier, also an AVP, will serve as our
safety official. The safety official’s position
is a new office that I have established in
District V. I feel that safety is the most
important part of flying. I want the safety
officers in the clubs in District V to know
that they have a person whom they can call
to discuss any type of safety problems or
questions that may arise.
I feel that Rod is qualified for this position.
He will have a page on the Web site for safety
information.
Congratulations to the Sumter Model
Airplane Club in Sumter, South Carolina, for
securing a 15-acre tract of private land with a
15-year lease for $1 per year.
According to Neal Crotts, the club’s
president, the landowner has donated between
$15,000 and $20,000 in preparation work on
the site. That landowner, Tommy Glasscock,
owns one of the largest sand and stone
quarries in the state, located in Sumter. He
bought the land partly as a buffer around his
current quarry operations, and partly as a site
for possible future mining.
We offer a great big thank you to Tommy
Glasscock from all of the AMA members in
District V for helping the Sumter Model
Airplane Club. Thanks for making dreams
come true for fliers in Sumter.
I visited my first club as District V VP. I
wanted it to be a surprise so I did not tell the
club that I was dropping in, and it was it a
surprise when I visited the Dixie Aeromasters
in Macon, Georgia.
The club was having its third annual
Make-A-Wish Fun- Fly and the weather was
perfect. I met everyone at the fun-fly and they
were friendly and made me feel really
welcome. The club raised $1,000 for the
Make-A-Wish Foundation. Great job, Dixie
Aeromasters!
Shown are (R-L) Robert (Bob) O’Neil, club
president (in the cowboy hat); VP Jim
Harris; Bill Davenport, secretary/treasurer;
Mike Guilmette, safety officer; and field
marshal Ray Davis.
This is from Hank Likes, Cub Scout Master
of Dunedin, Florida. These young men build
and fly models. The longest flight wins the
Birdman of Pack 10 trophy. (I wish I had
names.) Hank asks that you do not forget
the Scouts. What a great source of future
modelers.
Please remember to send in names with your
pictures. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your
family.
District V Report
Frequency Coordinator
Nick Wright, (229) 324-7674;
[email protected]
Associate Vice Presidents
Alabama
Sherwin Arculis, 10028 Willow Cove Rd. SE,
Huntsville AL 35803; [email protected];
(256) 883-9838
Jim Stewart, 1456 Fieldstown Rd., Gardendale
AL 35071; [email protected]; (205) 631-6968
Florida
Ron Chidgey, 3713 Pompano Dr., Pensacola FL
32514; [email protected]; (850) 476-8639
Rod Gier, 6082 Ajax Ct., Cocoa FL 32927; madbomber@
mindspring.com; (321) 636-2148
Louise Izzo, 296 Huntridge Dr., Wintersprings FL
32708; (407) 699-4929
Gene Martine, 1422 Ingleside Ave., Jacksonville
FL 32205; [email protected]
Fred Mulholland, 15410 Stonecreek ln., Tampa
FL 33613; [email protected]; (813) 962-
7020
Nancy Riley, 105 Cumquat Rd. NW, Lake Placid
FL 33852; [email protected]; (863) 699-1215
Jim Saiff, 2727 W. Fletcher Ave., Apt. 25C,
Tampa FL 33618; (813) 969-4262
Jose Soto, 1930 Deanna Dr., Apopka FL 32703;
[email protected]; (407) 814-9641
Manny Sousa, 2960 Bay St., Gulf Breeze FL
32561; [email protected]; (850) 932-6383
Georgia
Bob Dixon, 1351 Tristram Cir., Macon GA 31220;
[email protected] ; (478) 476-9219
Bob Laine, 5031 HWY 81, Loganville GA 30052;
[email protected]
Mississippi
James Alvis, 5426 Melwood Dr., Jackson MS
39211; (601) 956-4978
Puerto Rico
Joseph Micalizzi, HC 866, Box 10397, Fajardo
PR 00738; [email protected];
(787) 863-9163
South Carolina
Richard Jackson, 2118 Thornlee Dr., N
Charleston SC 29405; (843) 744-4575
Tennessee
Dick Tonan, 639 Knollwood Dr., La Vergne TN
37086; [email protected]
Lee Wells, Columbia TN [email protected];
(931) 380-0789
Alabama / Florida / Georgia /
Mississippi / Puerto Rico /
South Carolina / Tennessee
Judith (Judi) A.
Dunlap
Vice President
14711 SE 1st Ave. Rd.,
Summerfield FL 34491;
Tel./Fax: (352) 347-5852;
E-mail: [email protected];
District V Web page: www.modelair.org/
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