District IV—Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia
Jay Marsh
Vice President
jaymarsh@ama-d4.org
3227 Pine Needles Rd., High Point NC 27265
Tel.: (336) 687-0973; www.amadistrict-iv.org
www.facebook.com/amadistrictIV
I have known John Tate since the 1970s when the Langlois/Marsh team competed against the Swindell/Tate team in FAI Control Line (CL) Team Race. John has always been open and willing to help anyone. He has been our District IV CL associate vice president (AVP) and our CL/Free Flight (FF) event coordinator for longer than I can remember. Now, John feels the time is right for him to retire.
John, thank you for the lifetime of service to the modeling community! He assures me he will still be around flying and having fun with us all.
I would like to introduce Jack Rosemere who will be taking on John’s duties as the District IV CL AVP and our CL event coordinator. Jack is from the Eastern Shore of Maryland and is active in the CL community. Taking on the duties of our FF event coordinator will be Bob Sowder, currently our FF AVP.
Congratulations to two District IV STEM teams, the Quad-Raptors from Great Mills, Maryland, mentored by Tara Stafford, and the St. Mary’s Civil Air Patrol Squadron-Blue Team from Hollywood, Maryland, mentored by David Trick, for placing second and third respectively in the UAS4STEM 2017 competition held at the AMA’s International Aeromodeling Center in August. Check out UAS4STEM 2018 at http://amablog.modelaircraft.org/uas4stem for the 2018 challenge and registration.
John Tate brings us a report on the Jim Coll Memorial CL Stunt Contest held at the Eastern Shore Aeromodelers Club Field in Hurlock, Maryland. Jim Coll was dedicated to the club and fought cancer for 10 years. He is responsible for building up the club’s CL group. He flew almost every day and would bring RC and CL aircraft, and even a kite when it was windy.
When you drive up to a model airplane club field in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of a cornfield, and see two porta-potties side by side, you know that this is a high-class club field. The grass flying field is better than some golf greens that I have seen.
Saturday was rainy, but it was flyable weather. Sunday was totally different with sunshine and a light breeze. The contest director was Jack Rosemere, assisted by Tim Stagg, and the contest was run with the utmost smoothness.
Pit Boss Dennis Hasting stayed on top of what was going on all day for both days, keeping the contestants informed when they needed to be in the circles. The club’s crew did a great job of supporting the contest with fresh cooked food, ice-cold drinks, and water. Contestants really like going to a contest like this, and I’m looking forward to next year. Tight lines!
Associate Vice Presidents: Delaware: John Kirchstein, (302)731-2831; john@kirchstein.net; Mark Weiss, (302)547-4917; markw@ama-d4.org; North Carolina: Rick Cawley, (919) 630-1649; racbgc@embarqmail.com; Mark Smith, (704) 798-2776; mark@ama-d4.org; David Trogdon, (910)654-1220; frogman28472@embarqmail.com; Maryland: Richard “Rick” Moreland, (301) 261-7366; rmoreland1@verizon.net; Virginia: Nic Burhans, (540) 219-9646; nic@ama-d4.org; Randy Elliott, (540) 239-0645; Randy.Elliott@nordsonxaloy.com; Rusty Kennedy, (757) 812-2812; rusty@ama-d4.org; Terry Terrenoire, (412)760-4593; terry@ama-d4.org. Coordinators: CL AVP: Jack Rosemere; Box 1264, Cambridge MD 21613; (410) 330-4663; jrosemere@verizon.net; FF AVP: Bob Sowder, 84 Misty Hills Ln., Troutville VA 24175; (540) 525-7086; bsowder@rbnet.com. RC: Andy Kane, 305 Natick Ct., Silver Spring MD 20905; (301) 785-3022; andykane01@gmail.com. Government Relations AVP: Ray Stinchcomb, (443) 618-8998; govrelations@ama-d4.org. Webmaster: Jack Upchurch, webmaster@ama-d4.org.
