District VIII—Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Lawrence Harville
Vice President
lawharv@yahoo.com
932 Calloway St., Hurst TX 76053
Tel.: (817) 781-9615;
www.amadistrict-viii.org
As I write this, it is the dead of winter and there are not many contests. There’s plenty of flying in District VIII, but mostly in the summer, which is almost here. For must-see events, check out the District VIII website at www.ama-dist-8.org.
The most unusual place I have ever seen for models was the Spaceport America Drone Summit 2016 near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
There were not only multirotors, but modelers from across New Mexico and Texas came to show their stuff.
Associate Vice Presidents (AVPs) Brian Regan, Johnny Hunt, and I visited clubs in the El Paso, Texas, area. Here are the members of the Horizon City RC Flyers at Danny Sander’s flying field.
Whenever I am on the road, I try to go to a local hobby shop. Here is the backbone of modeling, Halls Hobby Shop in El Paso.
I am with members of the El Paso Radio Controllers Club (L-R) Vice President Bobby Avvocato, Stephen Sullivan, Ryan Geyer, and his father John, the club president.
The Texoma Winter Wonderland Combat event was hosted by the Texoma R/C Modelers in Sherman, Texas. David Turner was the contest director (CD).
The sparkplug of the month is Jason Cunningham, treasurer of the Model Aviators of South Arkansas. He runs the club swap meet, mows at the club field, and is a CD for club fun-flys. He is all over that club and a true sparkplug.
AVP Olen Rutherford shared a photo from the Arkansas Swap Meet.
(L-R) Mike Makepeace, club vice president; Lawrence Harville, District VIII vice president; and AVPs Gary Strickland, Olen Rutherford, Jason Cunningham, and Johnny Hunt. Ninety-two-year-old Jack Jella is seated.
AVP Johnny Hunt shared this from the Brazos Valley RC Club in Bryan, Texas, at its Toys for Tots Day.
