District XI
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Hi all! Flying is winding down in my part of the country, and we had snow in October! I did make it to one club event and went to Muncie, Indiana, for the quarterly Executive Council meeting. I got to fly a bit at the International Aeromodeling Center early one morning. Here’s a picture.
The event I attended was the Palouse Region R/C Flyers Fall Fly-In at Sawyer Field in Moscow, Idaho. This is a great bunch of pilots who are always friendly and welcoming. We had a great time while maintaining social distancing and enjoyed a lot of good flying. I flew a couple of my Cubs and tried my hand at balloon busting with a flat foamie.
Associate Vice President Jay Strickland submitted this addition about the Northwest Vintage R/C Society Fly-In:
On September 4-5, 2020, the Northwest Vintage R/C Society held its annual fly-in at Agate Skyways, home of the Medford, Oregon, and the Rogue Eagles RC Club. Roughly 20 vintage pilots brought more than 30 classic aircraft (35-year-old designs) to show off, bring back, share memories, fly, and enjoy each other’s company. The event’s contest director, as always, was Bruce Tharpe of BTE Models. Bruce has done a great job of keeping the spirit of vintage model building alive and sponsors the Winter Build Challenge every year.
Pilots had a difficult time voting on the Pilots’ Choice award this year, but when the votes were tallied, Mort Sullivan came out on top with his beautiful version of the Zoomerang. Mort related, “I saw the plans for it in a model magazine. It was an .049-size Control Line plane designed in 1969. I was looking for a Winter Build Challenge project, so I ordered scaled-up plans, but the size still didn’t suit me because I had a mid-size Telemaster wing and horizontal stabilizer that I wanted to use.
“I drew up plans for a bigger fuselage to fit the wing. I used an E-flite 45 electric motor and because I like twin-tailed aircraft, I made it that way. Most of my designs are done using the TLAR (that looks about right) method.”
The weather was nice both days, and many great flights were had with these venerable flying machines. You can see a video of this event by following the link at www.rogue-eagles.org. The link is at the bottom of the homepage. The Vintage Radio Control Society is alive and well in Southern Oregon!
Remember to plan to attend our AMA Northwest Jamboree, June 11-13, 2021, in Wenatchee, Washington. We are going to have an even better event than last time—more types of aircraft, lots of flying and demos, a huge raffle, and more. Visit www.amanwjamboree.com for more information.
That’s all for this month. Please keep building and flying. I hope to see you all in person soon!
Phil Tallman
Vice President
AMADistrictXI@modelaircraft.org
28910 W. Hallett Rd., Medical Lake WA 99022; (509) 220-6513
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENTS
David Agar, Battle Ground WA; (360) 721-1963; kamannhusky@aol.com
Rick Crow, Garrison MT; (406) 559-6662; rwcrowjr@gmail.com
Bryan Diffendaffer, Meridian ID; (208) 841-7358; bryandiff@cableone.net
Michael Ingram, Wenatchee WA; (509) 699-3034; firercer@cs.com
Joe Miller, Dallas OR; (503) 798-7241; dragonriders54@yahoo.com
Chris Rankin, Bend OR; (541) 330-5692; oregonraven@earthlink.net
Robert Stephens, Anchorage AK; (907) 440-0478; rfstephens@hotmail.com
Jay Strickland, Central Point OR; (541) 830-7976; strickdog@qq.com
Tom Strom, McCleary WA; (360) 791-7729; flyboy23@aol.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; (509) 699-3034; firercer@cs.com
