Here it is June already and we are halfway through another year. I have gotten several requests for specific coverage in the magazine. If anyone wishes to submit content, please send me the write-up in Word format and pictures separately. The photos should be the original, full-resolution pictures. Please do not compress or resize them.
When I have room in the column after I cover events I have attended, I will work in as much as I can. I always ask the associate vice presidents (AVPs) for information about events they have covered as well.
Doug “Chief” Powell is the district contest coordinator to whom all CDs should be sending the sanction request forms if you are doing them manually and not on the automated system. Chief does a great job for the members and our district.
He has been instrumental in getting changes made to the contest sanction application as well as helping me look to change the AMA Membership Manual referencing the Class C and Class C-restricted events. In the past two years, the AMA Executive Council (EC) has made some changes that needed to be better clarified. With Chief’s help, we were able to clarify the new Class C-restricted events for use by groups wishing the distinction for their event.
At the EC meeting in Toledo, Ohio, in April, we approved the Flying Site Grant committee’s recommendations. Again this year, I get to reward clubs that applied and were successful in the process. Each year, AMA awards $40,000 to clubs.
Bill Holland, AVP in Oklahoma, attended The OKC R/C Flyers annual spring swap meet on March 22 at the Highpointe Church in Oklahoma City.
This long-standing event is always well attended. Last year the OKC R/C Flyers took over the event, bringing new ideas and energy to the table. Event directors Charles Trice and Rick Lovick did a great job. This year posed a challenge to the team because of last-minute maintenance issues in the gymnasium where it is usually held, but it didn’t slow them a bit. They used the main church area where numerous classrooms and dining area were located. The turnout was great and several hundred attended, driving from Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, and Oklahoma. This year they incorporated an auction close to the noon hour.
Charles is reaching out to other clubs who wish to join their effort to make the event even larger next year.
Bill Lee, our District VIII CL contest coordinator, attended the “NOT” Presidents Day Contest in Dallas in February. A break in this tough winter’s weather allowed us to venture outside our warm, cozy cabins and enjoy a “Hap, Hap, Happy” contest.
Sport flying was enjoyed by many all during the contest, and a demonstration displaying the new Dallas Model Aircraft Association (DMAA) Sport Goodyear was held after Saturday’s CL Stunt flying.
Participants came from Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Sulfur Springs, Texas. Thanks to all who came and made it a wonderful event. Dale Gleason was the CD.
Results:
OTS: 1) Don Cranfill, 309.5; 2) Mike Scott, 305.5; 3) Joe Gilbert, 296; 4) Mike Greb, 276.5; 5) Dave Ek, 274.5; 6) Doc Holiday, 206.5.
Profile: 1) Joe Bowman, 566.5; 2) Don Cranfill, 519; 3) Don Hutchinson, 405.5; 4) Dave Ek, 400; 5) Steve Wolfe, 375.5; 6) Tom Hamblet, 267.
Classic: 1) Joe Gilbert, 567; 2) Joe Bowman, 559; 3) Don Cranfill, 550.5; 4) Bob Redmon, 492.5; 5) Don Hutchinson, 468; 6) Stephen Jensonne, 420.5.
Judges: Bill Lee, Tom Hamblet, Stephen Jeansonne, and Dale Gleason; Tabulators: Sheila Cranfill and Priscilla Scott; Runners: Nan Beavers, Mike Scott, Phil Dunlap, and Don Cranfill; Pull test: Dale Gleason; Appearance Judge: Tom Hamblet. The DMAA Sportsmanship/Service Award went to Don and Sheila Cranfill.
