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AFTER ALL THESE YEARS of writing
a column I finally made a cardinal mistake.
For that I must make an apology. I
neglected to give photo credits for the
pictures in my April 2011 column.
The images were submitted by Lloyd
and Starla Swanson. To them both I
apologize. In keeping with the apology, the
following contribution is also by Lloyd
and Starla.
Lloyd is the Iowa associate vice
president and actually covers the eastern
half of Iowa and the extreme west side of
Minnesota and Wisconsin—quite a chunk
of real estate.
He attended the first fun-fly of newly
chartered AMA club, the Lone Tree Flyers,
Charter Club 5005. The organization is
located south of Iowa City.
Welcome aboard, Lone Tree Flyers.
This next picture is of Tyler Heath and his
dad, Andrew. It says “a picture is worth a
thousand words” as they wait their turn at
the Iowa City Aerohawks annual air show.
The following report is of the Northern
Alliance Military Fly-in at Owatonna,
Minnesota. It was a tribute to World War
II Major Robert Zenz, shown seated
behind a Boeing B-17 model of one he
piloted.
During the war he was wounded when
his airplane was shot down. He was captured
but was able to escape from the prisoner-ofwar
camp by simply walking out. He was
subsequently decorated for his actions.
Major Zenz and Joe VanReeth. Sadly,
Major Zenz passed away 10 days after
attending the fly-in.
Until next time, fly safely, have fun, and
take a youngster to the field.
C.A.V.U.
District VII
Bill Oberdieck, District VII Vice President; sgaeroinc@att.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
Lee D. Frederickson,
Ada MI; L1520@comcast.net
Bud Gorman, Knife River MN;
bgorman@frontiernet.net
Don Held, Elmira MI;
(231) 584-2662; edge5@avc.net
Ed Kincer, Fenton MI; (810) 610-
7791; erkincer@aol.com
Tom Pierce, St. Clair MI; (810)
367-6450; tom_pierce_48079@
yahoo.com
Mark E. Robotti, Lindstrom MN;
MGrobotti@cs.
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) 979-9452;
mrhaller2460@att.net
Flying Site Coordinator
Tony Stillman, Tony
tony@radiosouthrc.com
Webmaster
Ed Kincer, erkincer@aol.com
District VII Volunteers
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