District VIII Report - 2003/09

September 2003 169
PLEASE NOTE below the new date for the
Southwestern Aeromodeling Conference:
October 3-4, 2003. If you, your company,
your Special Interest Group, or AMA charter
club are interested in establishing a
commercial tradeshow display at the October
2003 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 very soon, so act now if you want to
be an exhibitor at this event!
Several people have asked me how long I
have been involved with model aircraft
flying, and the AMA organization. The
photograph in the next column can best be
dated to 1959.
I am shown with a Voodoo, a Nobler, and
several competition awards. I was flying
radio-controlled models with homebuilt tubetype
equipment during this period, but it was
marginally successful. My AMA membership
predates this photograph.
Shown above are the participants at the Bill
Slatter Memorial Warbird Fly-In,
Thunderbird Field, Benbrook, Texas. Woody
Lake, 4800 Alicia Drive, Fort Worth, Texas,
76133, telephone, (817) 294-8746, was the
contest director (CD). The sponsoring club
was the Fort Worth Thunderbirds.
This is the free pilots’ lunch at the Bill
Slatter Memorial Warbird Fly-In. Seen in the
center in the dark shirt is the club
president Ray Thompson.
This was the Thunderbird’s seventh
annual Warbird Fly-In. Open flying of all
aircraft was encouraged, World War I to the
present, fixed or rotary wing. There was a
free pilots’ lunch and many door prizes. For
additional information, the Thunderbird’s
Web site is www.fwthunderbirds.org.
Seen above are some of the beautiful
warbirds at the Bill Slatter Memorial
Warbird Fly-In.
The Planesmen MAC held its second annual
Model Airplane Yard Sale May 17 in White
Settlement, Texas (photo above). The
admission was free and it was hosted at the
home of Fred Wolfe. Contact him for more
information about this event at (817) 246-
6777.
The Academy of Model Aeronautics-the
glue that bonds model aircraft enthusiasts
together!
Above are members of the Lockheed Martin
Aeromodelers Club, an Indoor flying society.
For more information, contact Ed E .Couch,
[email protected].
The club members fly on many Fridays at
3400 Bryant-Irvin Road south of 1-30 at a
Lockheed Martin recreational facility in Ft.
Worth, Texas.
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]
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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