THE 10TH ANNUAL Hal deBolt VR/CS
(Vintage R/C Society) Reunion, hosted by
the Tri-County R/C Club, was held in
Dunnellon, Florida, March 14-15, 2009.
Lyman Slack sent in the following report.
“My gosh, can it be 10 years since we
first ventured to Spring Hill to meet with
Hal deBolt and share his legacy? Pappy
deBolt is no longer with us, but his event
carries on.
“This year the turnout was down slightly,
but the 27 pilots and their crews and all of
their models shared great company, and
even greater weather—light breezes, sunny
skies, and temperatures in the mid-to-high
70s.
“We had a lot of snowbirds; the
registration showed modelers from
Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, North
Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, and Canada,
with the remainder from across Florida.
“The VR/CS honoree this year was Carl
Goldberg. His memory lived on in the
models designed by him and presented at
this event. A large storyboard was made up
and on display at the field as well as at the
banquet.
Red Scholefield shows his concentration.
The best deBolt model was this Interceptor
by Joe Fife.
Morgan’s beautiful Viscount.
A large selection of deBolt Spirit models.
“Two AMA Hall of Fame Members
were on hand: Ron Morgan and Norm
Rosenstock. Ron is perhaps best known for
his involvement with the annual AMA
Nats. Norm, as many of you know, was the
AMA Historian.
“Norm was asked to judge, with no set
criteria, the three subjective awards. The
categories were the Best deBolt Model, the
Best Goldberg Model, and the Spirit of
VR/CS Award. After spending quite a bit
of time wandering around the displayed
models, he made his choices and placed the
plaques next to the winning models.
“Don Ogren won the Spirit award with
his three-channel Champ, which has been
around for some years now. An Econversion
Goldberg Zipper, presented by
Lyman Slack received the Goldberg award,
and the deBolt award went to an
Interceptor presented by Joe Fife.
“There was open flying all day long with
no demonstrations or other breaks. As has
been the policy here in Florida, Society of
Antique Modelers (SAM) members and
their RC models were also invited. The sky
could be seen with quite a few of these lazy,
historic Old-Timers meandering around.
“Very low-keyed VR/CS Pattern was
flown and judged. When a pilot wished to
fly, he simply a picked up his score sheet,
asked for the judge, and flew. For the
second year in a row, there were no entries
in Class I (rudder only).
“Don Ogren flew his Champ in Class II
(rudder and elevator) and took the firstplace
award. Most of the entries were in
Class III (full house). The well-deserved
win in this event went to Rich Ernst flying
his beautiful Beachcomber model.
“In second place was John Castronover
flying his E-conversion Taurus. This is the
same plans form as the original Kazmirski
Taurus that the VR/CS purchased last year
from Kaz’s estate. John’s E-conversion has
a 60-size electric motor and is finished with
silk and Aero Gloss dope. Close behind
was Red Scholefield who flew a
Telemaster.
“On display but not flown was the
stablemate and backup Taurus also built by
Ed Kazmirski. This ‘Number 2’ model was
jointly acquired by John and Duane
Wilson.
“As is always the case, there are many
worker bees who make an event like this a
success, but special thanks must go to the
event director Dick Lafontaine and
newsletter editor Dave Small and his wife
Judie who did all the graphics, advertising,
and the storyboard.
“An album/slide show with photos of the
event is available; copy this one long URL
into your browser: www.kodakgallery.com/
ShareLanding.action?c=emsniz3.2qfy8m
bz&x=0&y=-rcvffj&localeid=en_US.”
District V
Tony Stillman, District V Vice President; [email protected]
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands
October 2009 175
Tony Stillman
Vice President
102 Cherrywood Ct.
Brunswick GA 31525;
(912) 242-2407
www.amadistrict-v.org
Safety Coordinator: Red
Scholefield, Newberry
FL; (352) 331-8410;
[email protected]
Frequency Coordinator: Jose
Soto, Apopka FL;
[email protected]; (407) 814-9641
Associate Vice Presidents
Alabama:
Jhon P. Russell,
Mount Olive AL; (205) 213-5240
[email protected]
Florida:
Tony Fandino, Hialeah FL (305)
216-8580; fandino@amadistrictv.
org
Douglas Jones, Deerfield Beach
FL; (561) 715-0173;
[email protected]
Jose Soto, Apopka FL; (407) 409-
4795); ([email protected])
Georgia:
Bob Dixon, Macon GA;
[email protected]
Mississippi:
Paul Verger, Vancleave MS;
(228) 826-4892;
[email protected]
Puerto Rico:
Richard Prann, San Juan PR; (787)
777-2143; [email protected]
South Carolina:
Richard Whitely, Summerville SC;
(843) 408-3509; rick@amadistrictv.
org
Tennessee:
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
Edition: Model Aviation - 2009/10
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