District VIII Report - 2003/05

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PLEASE NOTE: the new date for the
Southwestern Aeromodeling Conference
(SWAC) is October 3-4, 2003.
If you, your company, your specialinterest
group, or AMA-chartered club would
be interested in establishing a commercial
trade show display at the event, please
contact me at the above address. I will
provide you with all applications and
registration information.
These spaces are going fast and we will be
sold out soon. Act now if you want to be an
exhibitor at this event!
The following was sent to me by Emmett R.
Fry of Maumelle, Arkansas.
“Model aviation legend, icon, and allaround
nice guy, H.A. Thomas has been
inducted into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of
Fame.
For more than 80 years, H.A. has been an
active designer, builder, and flier of all kinds
of models, including his famous Spitfire,
shown here at a club meet. He was inducted
into the Model Aviation Hall of Fame in
1988.”
It is a tradition throughout much of the South
to hold a gathering and eat black-eyed peas
on New Years Day. Doing so is supposed to
create luck throughout the coming year.
Several AMA-chartered clubs throughout
the region participated in club-sponsored
flying and black-eyed-peas festivities. Below
are photographs from one of these gatherings,
undoubtedly assuring one and all good luck
in the year 2003!
Thomas J. Niebuhr from Blue Ridge flies at
Hobby Park with the Dallas Control Line
club, participated in the club’s New Years
black-eyed peas festivities.
Stephen C. Jeansonne from Arlington,
Texas at the New Years Day gathering.
The entire Dallas gang attending the New
Years Day black-eyed peas festivities
January 1, 2003.
The Academy of Model Aeronautics—the
glue that bonds model aircraft enthusiasts
together!
Shown above is AMA Executive Director
Joyce Hager at the recient AMA
Convention in Pasadena, California. Joyce
plans to attend the SWAC 2003 at the
Arlington, Texas, Convention Center.
Flying, fun, and fellowship! Dr. Sandy
Frank, your representative to the AMA
Executive Council (Board of Directors).
Arkansas / Louisiana / New
Mexico / Oklahoma / Texas
Dr. Sandy Frank
Vice President
105 N. Brazos St.,
Weatherford TX 76086-3207
Tel./Fax: (817) 599-7131
E-mail: [email protected]
www.AMA-Dist-8.org
Associate Vice Presidents
Buzz Averill, 11608 Singing Arrow Rd SE,
Albuquerque NM 87123 Home: (505) 323-8571;
Work: (505) 298-6870
Lester L. Barry, 4808 N. Rockwell Ave., Bethany
OK 73008-5373 (405) 789-5373
Max Blose, 1001 N. Betsy, Waco TX 76706
(254) 662-5587
Ervin “Chick” Frierson, Box 188, Haskell TX
79521 (817) 864-3086
Bill Lee, 601 Van Zandt County Road 4815,
Chandler TX 75758 (903) 852-5599
Jim D. Marshall, Box 9092, Mission TX 78572
(956) 585-6446
Randy Randolph, 4873 Fallon Pl., Dallas TX 75227
(214) 381-7624
Jim Rice, 118 E. Wright Blvd., Universal City TX
78148 (210) 945-8221
Ron Stanfield, 26 Oak Ridge Dr., Maumelle AR
72113-6846 (501) 851-1697
Charles Stevens, 226 Delta St., Pasadena TX
77506 (713) 473-4995
Ward Watts, 13415 Joor Rd., Baton Rouge LA
70818 (225) 261-5974
Frequency Coordinator
(North): Joe DuMond, 6731 Bridge Street, PMB-
224, Ft. Worth TX 76112 (817) 457-6685
(South): Gene Kent, 2811 Cork Cove, San Antonio
TX 78230 (210) 308-8043
AMA Display Coordinator
Karen Hopkins, 5515 Bridgeton Avenue, Arlington
TX 76018 (817) 467-9211
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