District VII Report - 2004/11
Remarks on AMA representation
I have a comment to make before starting this month's column, and I ask your indulgence. In my many travels throughout the district I have often noticed that an AMA representative will attend a modeling activity and no one seems to take notice. I want to suggest that when an AMA representative visits a club modeling activity, it would be appreciated if the announcer made a point of introducing the representative to the assembly as a common courtesy.
Recent events
- KidVenture 2004 and the Circlemaster Flying Club of Wisconsin at the Experimental Aircraft Association convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. I cannot commend enough the hard work and many hours that those members put in. Jim Krueger spearheaded the effort, and what a job he did. In addition, it would never have happened had it not been for all the volunteers in the red shirts. Great job, Circlemasters!
- The sixth annual Michigan Jets Children's Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Charity fly-in, held during the last weekend of July. Dr. Burt Eisenberg has organized this event since its inception. The event is held at the former Grosse Ile Naval Air Station, now the civilian Grosse Ile Airport. Airport management literally shuts down one whole side of the airport to accommodate the modelers for three days. Slightly more than 90 people showed up from Florida, Texas, Canada, Ohio, Tennessee, and a few other states, and the weather cooperated.
The highlight of the activity was when Johnny Hernandez from Florida took 10-year-old Adam Rose out to the flight line and, with a buddy box, had Adam help Johnny fly his F-16. These two events are what it's all about: getting involved with kids—whether healthy or handicapped. They are the future, and we have to make sure they get a good chance to be a part of it. I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to be a part of those two events, and I am looking forward to doing it again.
Have fun, fly safely, and get a kid involved.
C.A.V.U.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
