District VIII - 2008/08

August 2008 175
Britton May is flying his Blade and having
fun.
I RAN OUT of space last month before
reporting on a new buddy I met at the South
Plains Electric Flyers electric indoor fly-in.
His name is Britton May and he is the 16-
year-old brother of the 19-year-old CD,
Reegan May.
Britton is a budding helicopter pilot,
flying a Blade CX2. He does okay with it
but the amazing thing is that he was born
with severe medical problems and has
undergone at least 14 surgeries just to make
sure he survives. That has left him with
some lifelong challenges but he meets them
head on and has the greatest personality and
outlook.
Guys such as Britton make me feel good
and make modeling more enjoyable.
Club Sport 40
racing is really
heating up in
District VIII.
Unfortunately,
pictures weren’t
available (camera
problems) but I
want to report that
after approximately
10 airplanes and 20
races, Fast Eddie
Flesher in the photo was the winner in April.
He is from Canyon Lake, Texas.
The Tri-City Flyers had the club’s first
annual “Bipe and Tripe” event in May.
While the event was well run and fun, the
best excitement was that Roger Freeman, the
owner of Vintage Aviation and Old
Kingsbury Aerodrome, was taping a movie
using his full-scale Canuck (Canadian
Jenny) and a Cub and then he flew his newly
finished full-scale Fokker Dr.I.
Here I am trying to fly the full-scale Dr.I with
a transmitter.
The
triplane was
on its fourth
flight and
you should
have heard
and seen the
cameras
going from
all of the
modelers. I
have included photos of me trying to fly the
Dr.I with a transmitter and pictures of the
Pilot’s Choice Award winners.
Additional pictures, including movies of
the full-scale flying are available on the
District VIII Web site at www.ama-dist-
8.org.
John Murphy, newsletter editor for the
North Dallas RC Club, reports that the
club’s recent Boy Scout event saw 25 Scouts
building AMA Cubs (Delta Darts) and
flying RC on the buddy box. The winner of
the Delta Dart fly-off won an RTF Aerobird
Extreme RC airplane.
What a great day for the Scouts and the
club members.
Here are many of the Scouts and instructors.
Chuck Waller and I attended the Austin RC
Society meeting in May to award the AMA
President’s Award to PowerMaster Fuels for
its longtime support of national and
international events.
Plaques were awarded to Don Nix, the
company’s original owner, and Shirley and
Wendell Hammond who are the current
owners.
From the left are Don Nix, Jim Rice, and
Shirley and Wendell Hammond. Photo by
Chuck Waller.
Have fun and fly safely! See you on the
flightline. Jim
Jim Rice
Vice President
118 E. Wright Blvd.,
Universal City TX 78148
Tel.: (210) 213-0299
(evenings)
www.AMA-Dist-8.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Lester L. Barry, Bethany OK;
(405) 789-5373
Bill Fulmer, Gretna LA;
(504) 392-3620
Jack Hogan, Chandler TX;
(903) 849-4193 (Evenings)
Mark S. Johnston, Albuquerque
NM; (505) 823-0158
Jim D. Marshall, Mission TX;
(956) 585-6446
Douglas E. Powell, Wichita Falls
TX; (940) 691-8348
Doug Staines, Belton TX
(254) 780-3512
Ron Stanfield, Maumelle AR;
(501) 851-1697
Pat Willcox, Kingwood TX;
(281) 358-1750
Frequency Coordinator
North: Joe DuMond, Ft. Worth
TX; (817) 457-6685
South: Gene Kent, Tomball TX;
(281) 255-4805
AMA Display Coordinator
David Johns, Deer Park TX
(281) 476-4820
Safety Coordinator
Chuck Waller, Canyon Lake TX;
(210) 563-4246
District VIII Volunteers
District VIII
Jim Rice, District VIII Vice President; [email protected]
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Bill Frye’s scratch-built PT-13 won Best
Military.
Greg Ermatinger’s beautiful
red, white, and blue Giant
Lazy Ace. Photos by Koelle.
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