District II

District II—New Jersey, New York, Europe

Eric Williams
Vice President

rcpilot@nycap.rr.com
4242 Amanda Ln., Schenectady NY 12303
Tel.: (518) 356-2057

www.amadistrict-II.org
www.facebook.com/DistrictIIAMA

New Year’s Day is a special occasion for many model aviators, especially for those who routinely fly throughout the entire year. District II clubs and members who braved the frigid New Year’s Day weather are no exception. Many spent the first day of 2018 heating up the sky.

Annual New Year Chili-Flys, Freeze Flys, and Frosty Finger Fly-Ins have been around for a long time. Among the longest running of these events in District II is the Aero Radio Club of Syracuse’s (ARCS) annual New Year’s Day Fly-In. The club’s first New Year’s Day event was held in the late 1960s at the club’s former field in Nedrow, New York. Since then, the event has had a few different homes, including most recently at the ARCS field at the Marcellus International Airport.

Give this a try at your local field and make it an annual tradition.

Do you have skills that you’d like to put to use to help model aviation? District II is in need of volunteer videographers, photographers, and individuals with capabilities in video production and editing. If you’d like to help, please call or drop me an email!

Remember, it’s not about what you fly, but the friends you make!

Group at the ARCS 1980 New Year’s Day Fly-In — The ARCS 1980 New Year’s Day Fly-In at the New York State Fair Grounds.

Group celebrating 2018 at the Marcellus International Airport — The ARCS celebrate 2018 at the Marcellus International Airport.

Finger Lakes Air Pilots gathered outdoors — The Finger Lakes Air Pilots on January 1, 2018.

Garden State Circle Burners outdoors with airplanes — The Garden State Circle Burners warm up their airplanes and themselves on New Year’s Day.

Float plane flying at the Rochester Aero-Modeling Society Freeze-In — Nate Hahn’s float plane at the Rochester Aero-Modeling Society Freeze-In.

RC Aircrafters of Western New York members flying outdoors — RC Aircrafters of Western New York members put a little English in their January 1, 2018, flying.

Micki Bowne operating a model aircraft outdoors — Micki Bowne of the Pine Barrens Modelers in New Jersey.

Aeroguidance Society members at a New Year’s Fun Fly — The Aeroguidance Society New Year’s Fun Fly with the Binghamton Aeros.

Flying Knights MAC members outdoors in cold weather — Flying Knights MAC members weather the cold.

Associate Vice Presidents: Dennis Andreas, Freeport NY; (516) 379-0135; danandreasdqhqsd@juno.com; Fred Backhaus, Medford NY; (631) 289-6964; motoderf@optonline.net; Reid Condon, Greenville NY; (518) 966-8329; rcairforce@live.com; Frank Costello, Somerset NJ; teams3fpv@gmail.com; Chuck Davis, Sayville NY; (631) 589-7690; arcdavis@verizon.com; Gene Gavin, Staten Island NY; (718) 967-0598; Gavin1957@aol.com; Jon Gerber, Staten Island NY; (718) 984-5013; taxman846@aol.com. Frank Granelli, Rockaway NJ; (973) 625-4995; granelliff@aol.com; Bill Hauth, Hamburg NY; (716) 649-8582; toolmkr2000@msn.com; Thomas Murray, Basking Ridge NJ; (908) 766-5656; Anthony Rossi, Somerset NJ; (917) 320-2665; p510851@gmail.com; Leonard Max Smart, Morrisonville NY; (518) 563-6878; hotrodsbymax@charter.net; Alexander Szemere, Kendall Park NJ; (732) 821-5641; drszemere@aol.com; Michael Wong, Mahwah NJ; kingmeow@verizon.net; Herb Ziegler, Baldwinsville NY; (315) 857-6266; herbz1957@yahoo.com. RC Event Sanction Coordinators: Tony and Trish Jensen, Binghamton NY; (607) 644-6873; tjravenpilot@gmail.com. CL/FF Event Sanction Coordinator/AVP: Ed Barry, Hillsborough NJ; (908) 359-0288; ekbarry@comcast.net.