September 2010 149
WHERE DID the summer go? There were
many days that I was thinking spring or fall
instead of 90-plus degrees in the sun.
There was a time when I, as many of you
out there, would relish that kind of weather
to go out to fly your favorite model. Not for
me any more, sweat in the eyes is not
pleasant when trying to keep your eyes on
your airplane. But think of it this way as
you’re reading this column. It already is
getting cooler and before too long the leaves
will be turning and we will be thing about
those warm days of summer.
So to give you something to remember
during those cold winter nights just look at
the accompanying pictures.
District VII
Bill Oberdieck, District VII Vice President; sgaeroinc@comcast.net
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Bill Oberdieck
Vice President
Box 1076
Southgate MI 48195
Tel.: (734) 283-4813
Fax: (734) 283-0650
www.amadistrictvii.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Ed Bucki, S. Rockwood
MI; (734) 379-4054; thebuckster@
sbcglobal.net
Lee D. Frederickson, Ada MI;
L1520@comcast.net
Bud Gorman, Knife River MN;
bgorman@frontiernet.net
Don Held, Elmira MI;
(231) 584-2662; held@avci.net
Tom Pierce, St. Clair MI; (810)
367-6450; tom_pierce_48079@
yahoo.com
Mark E. Robotti, Lindstrom MN;
76214.1624@compuserve.com
Tom Ryan, Greenfield WI;
(414) 881-0070; tomcat@
execpc.com
Lloyd Swanson; Cedar Rapids IA;
(319) 373-0947; iflyrc@mchsi.com
Kent Woods, Ames IA ; (515)
232-8180; woods229@msn.com
Frequency Coordinators
West: Al Schwartz, Roseville
MN; (651) 633-2286
East: Pete Waters, Northville MI;
(248) 486-4800
Contest Coordinators:
Wayne Yeager, RC (Michigan
only), (517) 260-0132; yogi1931@
comcast.net
Michael Haller, RC (except
Michigan), (920) 923-2460;
mrhaller2460@att.net
Flying Site Coordinator
Tony Stillman, Tony
tony@radiosouthrc.com
Webmaster
Ed Kincer, erkincer@aol.com
District VII Volunteers Black Hawk members and guests pose for a
photo in front of the lake.
Graham Weilien proving
the half boat half plane
actually flies.
The Black Hawk R/C Pilots in Waterloo, Iowa,
show what they do on a warm summer July
afternoon. The club was holding its club floatfly
with pilots coming from Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City as well.
Dick Groth says the breeze was light, out of
the south, and the pop was cold to drown the
thirst from all the hangar talk going on.
Till the next time, fly safely, have fun, and
don’t forget to take a youngster to the field.
C.A.V.U.
Left: (L-R) Gary Lenius, his
own-design electric foamy,
Graham Weilien and his owndesign
hydrofoil boat/
aircraft. Rich Dean and his
Sea Cat first modeled in
1952.
Lorne Bidwell with a fly by.
Lorne is the poster child for taking it easy on
a lazy Saturday afternoon!
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