District VII - 2010/07

BY THE TIME you read this column,
AMA District VII will have made history in
May 2010. How was this accomplished? It
was no simple task by any means.
Red Bull U.S. introduced a new program
called Red Bull Air Brush, offering an
opportunity to showcase young emerging
local and international talent. Michigan
middle schools were invited to be the first to
participate in this contest.
It is certainly an honor for Michigan to
be chosen. As I write this in early May, the
contest will run until May 31, 2010, when
the voting is scheduled to close.
The entrants’ airplanes were on display
in the Renaissance Center Wintergarden for
viewing and voting. The winning school will
receive a $6,000 donation to the school art
department and an invitation to attend a
party at the Red Bull Air Race in June.
The second-place entry will receive
$2,500 and the third-place airplane will
receive $1,500.
The results are not available as I write
this, but I will post them in the next column
I have included a sampling of some of the
airplanes.
Holy Redeemer Grade School, Detroit.
Shumate Middle School, Gibraltar.
Charlotte Mason Community School,
Detroit.
Antioch Baptist School, Warren.
Birney Middle School, Southfield.
Ann Arbor Academy, Ann Arbor.
Gesu Catholic School, Detroit.
Thompson Middle School, Southfield.
University of Detroit Jesuit, seventh grade,
Detroit.
St. Bartholomew, Detroit.
Plymouth Christian, Canton.
Till next time, fly safely, have fun, and take
youngster to your flying site. C.A.V.U.
160 MODEL AVIATION
District VII
Bill Oberdieck, District VII Vice President; [email protected]
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Bill Oberdieck
Vice President
Box 1076
Southgate MI 48195
Tel.: (734) 283-4813
Fax: (734) 283-0650
www.amadistrictvii.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Ed Bucki, S. Rockwood
MI; (734) 379-4054; thebuckster@
sbcglobal.net
Lee D. Frederickson, Ada MI;
[email protected]
Bud Gorman, Knife River MN;
[email protected]
Don Held, Elmira MI;
(231) 584-2662; [email protected]
Tom Pierce, St. Clair MI; (810)
367-6450; tom_pierce_48079@
yahoo.com
Mark E. Robotti, Lindstrom MN;
[email protected]
Tom Ryan, Greenfield WI;
(414) 881-0070; tomcat@
execpc.com
Frequency Coordinators
West: Al Schwartz, Roseville
MN; (651) 633-2286
East: Pete Waters, Northville MI;
(248) 486-4800
Contest Coordinators:
Wayne Yeager, RC (Michigan
only), (517) 260-0132; yogi1931@
comcast.net
Michael Haller, RC (except
Michigan), (920) 923-2460;
[email protected]
Flying Site Coordinator
Tony Stillman, Tony
[email protected]
Webmaster
Ed Kincer, [email protected]
District VII Volunteers
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