District XI—Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
cbower@whidbey.com
6075 S. Coles Rd., Langley WA 98260
Tel.: (360) 632-9211; www.amadistrict-xi.org
Associate Vice President Jay Schoening, from Lynden, Washington, submitted the following:
The Bell-Air R/C Flyers Club held its annual fun-fly and swap meet on the first weekend of June as usual this year. We did some additional advertising for the swap meet and it was quite successful.
But this weekend was extra special. We had a dedication for Bill Schnobrich, a 20-year member who passed away this year. Bill donated all of his airplanes and equipment to the club. We knew he had a good collection, but we were blown away when we learned how big it was. He had 250 airplanes, many built and ready to fly, dozens of new engines, plus more radios and equipment than we could count.
Bill’s niece, Carolyn, thanking the club.
Bill’s family flew out from Illinois to our corner of Washington for the ceremony. We had a professional sign made up and named the field after him. Several members spoke of their time with Bill, and a few of us flew airplanes that he donated. Bill’s family loved the ceremony and told us how much he enjoyed his time flying with the club. They spent the entire weekend with us. It is hard to put into words how moving of an experience it was.
Bill was a special member to us. He was a former Navy officer, held a Ph.D. and was a professor at the University of Illinois, teaching structural engineering for 40 years. He will be missed.
I have an update from last month’s story about the University of Washington Aircraft Design Class. Below is the research unmanned aerial system rollout, ready for flight testing.
See you at the field.
Associate Vice Presidents: Darrell Anderson, Great Falls MT; (406) 899-6438; d.l.anderson@bresnan.net; Bryan Batch, Spokane WA; (509) 487-7870; bbhobbies@westoffice.net; Michael Ingram, Wenatchee WA 98802; (208) 573-5542 firercer@cs.com; Tom Kopriva, Eugene OR; (541) 484-6048; freeflyer123@comcast.net; Chris Rankin, Bend OR; (541) 593-3294; MissleMist@rocketmail.com; Jay Schoening, Lynden WA; (360) 220-0407; jjschoening@msn.com; Robert Stephens, Anchorage AK; (907) 440-0478; rfstephens@hotmail.com; Jay Strickland, Central Point OR; (541) 830-7976; strickdog@q.com; Al Watson, Bellevue WA; (452) 746-9519; alenawatson@msn.com; Bryan Wood, Meridian ID; (208) 412-3254; bw5493@yahoo.com. FF/CL Event Sanction Coordinator: Mike Hazel, P.O. Box 505, Lyons OR 97358; zzclspeed@aol.com. RC Event Sanction Coordinator: Michael Ingram, Wenatchee WA 98802; (208) 573-5542 firercer@cs.com. Webmaster: Chris Rankin.
