District X - 2006/12

DISTRICT X CLUBS Reach Out in Their
Communities: The Catalina RC Modelers
held a mall show at the Foothills Mall in
Tucson, Arizona. Club member Richard
Saggese sent in the following report:
“On September 2, 2006 the Catalina RC
Modelers held a mall show at the Foothills
Mall in Tucson, Arizona. The show went for
one day and was well received. We generated
much interest and will most likely attain new
members for the club as well as the AMA.
“Five members staffed the first five-hour
shift and five others took the afternoon and
evening shift. Eighteen airplanes were
presented ranging from a small foamy to a
40% Edge.
“Bob Dupre brought four of his helicopters
varying in size from a large 60 to a micro
electric. He flew the micro helicopter in the
center of our display area many times to the
delight of the spectators. Bob also brought a
computer with a flight simulator program that
was constantly in use by young and old alike.
“Steve Meyer, our newsletter editor, did a
great job generating a flyer to hand out to
people who were interested in our club. It had
a map of how to get to our field, pictures of
the field, and names and telephone numbers
of the club officials.
“Club member Randy Wegner brought a
television with a built-in CD player. He had
various CDs including The Tucson Shootout
and a Joe Nall fly-in. Many spectators enjoyed
watching these for quite a while.”
Will Sievert of the Bayside R/C Club in
Fremont, California, sent in a report on the
city’s 50th Anniversary and the club’s
participation in the event.
“The city of Fremont asked the Bayside
R/C Club to help celebrate the city’s 50th year
because our flying field is within the confines
of the city’s borders. This was a perfect
opportunity to display our presence to the
citizens of Fremont. The celebration was to
take place in the city’s huge park.
“A valiant effort by club member and
event director Frank Goto, a few club
members, and with help from city employees
produced a less-than-perfect runway carved
on an open lot on the premises.
“We performed a few trainer activities but
flyover space was limited. Club instructor
Doug Field is shown giving one of those
lessons with a fixed wing aircraft. Dave Neves
prepared a boy with preliminary ground
school before flying a helicopter.
“Two young club members, Brandon
Kontorinis and Brian Linderman, performed
incredible acrobatics with a 1/3-scale Yak and
a helicopter. The smaller aircraft and electric
foamies attracted attention from visitors.
“We had a large static display of a wide
variety of models, a table for construction of
Delta Darts, and a raffle for an RTF airplane
with free membership to the club for one year.
A huge supply of MA magazines went home
with a lot of visitors.
“Because of the limited opportunity for
visitors to fly at the celebration, we distributed
coupons redeemable at our flying field at a
later date for a flight with our instructors. We
certainly hope this will introduce the Bayside
R/C Club to the city of Fremont and increase
our membership.”
Till next time … Keep ’em safe and Keep
’em fly’n.
District X
Rich Hanson, District X Vice President; [email protected]
Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah
Rich Hanson
Vice President
Box 3312,
Scottsdale AZ 85271
Tel./Fax: (888) 899-3548
www.ama10.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Darwin Barrie, Chandler AZ
(480) 946-8955
Don Goeschl, Lancaster CA
(661) 940-6066
Don Gulihur, Santee CA
(619) 449-8397
Wayne Hamada, Honolulu HI
(808) 521-7733
Marc Karpowich, Logan UT
(435) 752-3639
Frequency Coordinator
George Steiner, Sacramento CA;
(916) 362-1962
Eloy Marez, Santa Ana CA
(714) 540-4935
(Please see last month's column for
additional AVPs.)
District X Volunteers
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