District VII - 2011/05

146 MODEL AVIATION
THIS IS A FIRST—and to say hopefully
the last would be the understatement of the
year. My desktop decided to go south for the
winter and I am forced to write on a laptop.
This means I have two different systems at
start up. That means I’ll have to relearn what
I already know.
I was lucky to have been able to attend the
annual Flying Pilgrims R/C Club of Canton,
Michigan, Giant Scale Fly-In. The
attendance of pilots matched the weather—
great to say the least!
The Pilgrims club is one of the local
clubs in the Detroit area that puts on a grand
two-day show. A Stuka Ju 87 and a Fieseler
Storch caught my eye. I then recognized the
owner of both to be Glenn McIntosh.
I had sold Glenn the Stuka a number of
years ago as a partial in-the-bones scratchbuild
when I found I didn’t have the time to
finish it. To see what Glenn had done with
what he got from me was unbelievably
outstanding.
Another aircraft that caught my eye was
the R-2 Gee Bee for which I have Henry
Haffke plans. That’s another project waiting
to be started.
And just to prove that even the pros have a
bad day, here are two shots from the Red
Bull Air Races held in Windsor, Ontario,
Canada.
Till the next time, fly safely, have fun, and
promote our hobby/sport. Take a youngster
with you when you visit the flying site.
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
Lee D. Frederickson,
Ada MI; [email protected]
Bud Gorman, Knife River MN;
[email protected]
Don Held, Elmira MI;
(231) 584-2662; [email protected]
Ed Kincer, Fenton MI; (810) 610-
7791; [email protected]
Tom Pierce, St. Clair MI; (810)
367-6450; tom_pierce_48079@
yahoo.com
Mark E. Robotti, Lindstrom MN;
MGrobotti@cs.
Tom Ryan, Greenfield WI;
(414) 881-0070; tomcat@
execpc.com
Lloyd Swanson; Cedar Rapids IA;
(319) 373-0947; [email protected]
Kent Woods, Ames IA ; (515)
232-8180; [email protected]
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) 979-9452;
[email protected]
Flying Site Coordinator
Tony Stillman, Tony
[email protected]
Webmaster
Ed Kincer, [email protected]
District VII Volunteers
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