ON JANUARY 19, 2008, the Palomar RC
Flyers in San Diego County hosted Los
Caballeros, a youth group from North County
to educate and treat roughly 16 kids and their
chaperons to the joys of RC aircraft
modeling. John Sebastian hosted a class on
the construction and creation of RC models
and demonstrated how they are assembled
and how all the parts work together.
After the class, the kids became flight
students and were assigned to instructors at
the flightline. Each student flew one of the
fleet of trainer models using a buddy box in
case the student got into trouble.
Approximately 20 members of the
Palomar Flyers turned out to help with this
event. Flight instruction began at 9:30 a.m.
and lasted through noon. Snacks and drinks
were made available during a break in the
flight activities.
Gary Thompson CDed the event and
provided this report. Tom Johnston provided
the pictures. Thanks to everyone who helped
out.
ONE OF THE great things about living in
District X is the year-round flying enjoyed
by the majority of the district. On April 11-
13, the Hemet Model Masters in Hemet,
California, conducted another successful
Scale Masters Qualifier.
As usually happens, the wind came up
during the afternoon which put a damper on
flying Friday, but the Model Masters were
able to complete all rounds and as shown
here, some nice scale airplanes and
competitors were qualified.
Mel Santmyer’s Stinson and Dave Johnson’s
Shoestring.
Tony Kameen’s Spit Mk XIV.
Oscar Weingart’s Ercoupe.
Chris Wolfe’s A7.
Special thanks to Chris Wolfe for taking
pictures with his new, high-resolution digital
camera. And thank you to Associate Vice
President Jerry Neuberger for providing this
report.
Till next time ... Keep ’em safe and Keep
’em fly’n.
District X
Rich Hanson, District X Vice President; [email protected]
Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah
Rich Hanson
Vice President
Box 3312,
Scottsdale AZ 85271
Tel./Fax: (888) 899-3548
[email protected]
www.ama10.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Tim Attaway, Chula Vista CA
(619) 427-6392
Darwin Barrie, Chandler AZ
(480) 946-8955
Greg Clemensen, Las Vegas NV
(702) 870-6242
Jim Giffin, Redding CA
(916) 760-8291
Wayne Hamada, Honolulu HI
(808) 521-7733
Marc Karpowich, Logan UT
(435) 752-3639
Rick Maida, Morgan Hill CA
(408) 778-6885
Scott Malta, Merced CA
(209) 723-4202
Bill Malvey, Ladera Ranch CA
(949) 481-8624
Jerry Neuberger, Santee CA
(619) 258-4477
Bob Reynolds, Tucson AZ
(520) 296-8183
Jon Wilson, Ryde CA
(916) 776-2797
Frequency Coordinators
George Steiner, Sacramento CA
(916) 362-1962
Eloy Marez, Santa Ana CA
(714) 540-4935
District X Volunteers
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