District V
Tony Stillman, District V Vice President; tony@amadistrict-v.org
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands
TANGERINE AIRFEST 2008 is in the
books! This event is the Remote Control
Association of Central Florida’s (RCACF)
premier event and it takes place during the
four weekends of December.
This past December we saw Pattern take
to the skies the first weekend and we had 34
registered pilots. The difference with this
event was that it combined AMA/FAI
Pattern with SPA/BPA (Senior Pattern
Association and Ballistic Pattern
Association) and it worked!
The second weekend saw the largest
event in the last decade for the RCACF! In
conjunction with The Orlando Radio
Control Helicopter Society (TORCHS), the
RCACF hosted the 2008 Orlando Helicopter
Blowout.
We had 127 registered pilots flying from
sunup to sundown and beyond! Some of
these masters of the trade flew at night and it
was spectacular. This is a great example of
two different clubs working together to
promote and grow the sport! This year it
promises to be bigger and better!
The third weekend we had the Cliff
Telford Memorial Pylon race and it was
magnificent. These speed merchants pull out
all the stops and race. If you have never
been to a Pylon race, do yourself a great
service and attend one, you’ll be awed at
what your fellow modelers do with these
machines.
The event went smoothly and Gary
Freeman Jr. outdid himself as CD of this
event.
The last weekend saw the Tangerine
Airshow. We invite the general public to this
event via the newspaper and we had more
than 1,000 spectators; in past years we have
had more than 2,000!
That’s a lot of cars to park and a huge
amount of food to sell, but the community
enjoys it and we showcase what the art of
model aviation is all about. It also helps fill
the coffers for next year!
We are growing and promoting model
aviation, come fly with us!
Thanks to Jose Soto, associate vice
president from Apopka, Florida, who
reported on the 2008 Tangerine Airfest.
Tony Stillman
Vice President
102 Cherrywood Ct.
Brunswick GA 31525;
(912) 242-2407
www.amadistrict-v.org
Safety Coordinator: Red
Scholefield, Newberry
FL; (352) 331-8410;
redscho@
bellsouth.net
Frequency Coordinator: Jose
Soto, Apopka FL;
jsoto5@cfl.rr.com; (407) 814-9641
Associate Vice Presidents
Alabama:
Jhon P. Russell,
Mount Olive AL; (205) 213-5240
hog81254@bellsouth.net
Florida:
Tony Fandino, Miami FL (305)
216-8580; fandino@amadistrictv.
org
Douglas Jones, Venice FL; (561)
715-0173;
shellback76@bellsouth.net
Jose Soto, Apopka FL; (407) 409-
4795); (jsoto5@cfl.rr.com)
Georgia:
Fred L. McClellan, Marietta GA;
(770) 402-6570; north-ga-avp@
mindspring.com
Mississippi:
Paul Verger, Vancleave MS;
(228) 826-4892;
cpaulverger@yahoo.com
Puerto Rico:
Richard Prann, San Juan PR; (787)
777-2143; prann@onelinkpr.net
South Carolina:
Richard Whitely, Summerville SC;
(843) 408-3509; rick@amadistrictv.
org
Tennessee:
Dick Tonan, La Vergne TN;
dtonan@mac.com
Webmaster: Bill Davison
bill@bizwebpage.com
For additional district officers and
volunteers, please see a previous
issue of MA or visit the District V
Web site.
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