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I CAN’T seem to get everyplace I want to
go! I keep meeting myself at intersections
around the district. Many round trips are
well beyond 1,000 miles.
Just a quick note on the 2009 edition of Joe
Nall: it was superb, more than 800 pilots,
five flight areas, and many vendor booths.
My friend Bob Sawyer calls it the
Disneyland for modelers.
You can have a great time and be
entertained without even having an airplane.
Many District VIII people attended, some
flying, some helping with the event, and
some were just spectators as I was.
Put it on your schedule for next year!
It’s a Big Bird Fly-In—ya think?
San Antonio, Texas, to New Orleans,
Louisiana, is one of those long round trips.
Jack Matlock and I attended the Crescent
City RC Club Big Bird event in Edgard,
Louisiana. What a great facility for modeling
and a nice welcome for weary travelers.
Ray Miller ran a great show! Attendance
was down some because of the threat of
rain, but everyone had a good time.
Ray Miller receives the Making a Difference
(MAD) award.
Jack and I helped select best-of-show
awards. Barry Breaux won first place, but
the picture didn’t turn out.
Alamo Radio Control Society (ARCS) held
a swap meet and fly-in on Sunday after I got
home from Louisiana. I attended and the
weather was beautiful for most of the day. It
started raining around 2:30, but we had a
great time and much air was stirred.
I think they had approximately 30 pilots
and a great concession stand with free
popcorn for the kids (I was a kid too!). The
event was organized by Jim Noblett and
CDed by Gene Trevino.
Jim Noblett (L) and Gene Trevino (R) receive
MAD award certificates.
The annual Bill Shupe Memorial Fly-In
was held in Kingsbury, Texas, with 36 pilots
in attendance. Although it was a fly-in for
anything, special recognition was given to
Cubs because they were a favorite aircraft of
Bill’s.
Andy Clapp did a great job as CD and
the weather was excellent.
Andy conducts the pilots’ briefing.
Unfortunately, club president Chuck
Krupczak won best of show with his low
inverted pass (read: crash) of his Cub and
then got called away as his father was
failing. We lost his father Ed the following
day. Ed had become family to everyone in
the club and will be missed by all of us!
The Membership Drive continues until
mid-September. We need everyone’s
support to get our membership numbers
back above 150,000. You or your club could
be winners in the competition and you stand
the chance of making new friends and
having new flying buddies.
Find grandparents and have them bring
their grandkids out to fly. You get two or
three for one that way.
Les Barry, associate vice president for
Oklahoma, has been sending stories about
the Shawnee Thunderbirds and the club’s
work with the Central Oklahoma Juvenile
Center. He reports that they are about to fly
a trainer that the kids built and plans to share
photos with us.
Les had a recent date with his
cardiologist and is weak but doing well. I
look forward to his report and wish him
well.
Have fun and fly safely! See you on the
flightline.
District VIII
Jim Rice, District VIII Vice President; [email protected]
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
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
Pete Boudreaux, Franklin LA;
(337) 836-5478
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
Randy Ritch, Magnolia TX;
(281) 701-3121
Doug Staines, Belton TX;
(254) 780-3512
Ron Stanfield, Maumelle AR;
(501) 851-1697
Pat Willcox, Kingwood TX;
(281) 358-1750
Frequency Coordinator
Gene Kent, Tomball TX;
(281) 255-4805
AMA Display Coordinator
David Johns, Deer Park TX;
(281) 476-4820
RC Contest Coordinator
Douglas E. Powell, Wichita Falls
TX; (940) 691-8348;
[email protected]
CL/FF Contest Coordinator
Bill Lee, Chandler TX;
(903) 852-5599 [email protected]
District VIII Volunteers
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