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
(336) 687-0973
www.amadistrict-iv.org
www.facebook.com/amadistrictiv
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENTS
Nic Burhans, VA; (540) 219-9646; nic@ama-d4.org
Bob Burnett, Washington, D.C. SFRA; (703) 742-9682; bobl@ama-d4.org
Rick Cawley, NC; (919) 630-1649; rcabcg2@yahoo.com
Rusty Kennedy, VA; (757) 812-2812; rustyk716@gmail.com
Richard “Rick” Moreland, MD; (301) 261-7366; rmoreland1@verizon.net
Mark Smith, NC; (704) 798-2776; mark@ama-d4.org
Terry Terrenoire, VA; (412)760-4593; terry@ama-d4.org
David Trogdon, NC; (910)654-1220; dtr0gdon4967@gmail.com
Mark Weiss, DE; (302)547-4917; markw@ama-d4.org
EVENT SANCTION COORDINATORS
CLAVP: Jack Rosemere, 609 William St., Cambridge MD 21613; (410) 330-4663; jrosemere@verizon.net
FF AVP: Bob Sowder, 84 Misty Hills Ln., Troutville VA 24175; (540) 525-7086; bsowder@rpnet.com
RC: John Bergsmith, 1438 Piney Church Rd., Concord NC 28025; (704) 699-6977; RCcoordinator@ama-d4.org
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AVP
Ray Stinchcomb, (443) 618-8998; govrelations@ama-d4.org
WEBMASTER
Jack Upchurch, webmaster@ama-d4.org
SOCIAL MEDIA ADMINISTRATOR
Douglas LeRoy, social@ama-d4.org
I have received many enquiries from clubs asking how to advertise and draw more participants to their events this year because few were able to hold events last year.
First, make sure you get a sanction, which will list your event in the Events/Event Finder portal on the AMA website, as well as advertise it in Model Aviation. A sanction protects your member draw so that you don’t conflict with another similar event, reducing attendance at both.
Get a district identity by submitting your event flyer to our District IV Facebook page at social@ama-d4.org and sending your club’s digital newsletter to the website at webmaster@ama-d4.org.
Invite your neighboring clubs to join in the fun by sending the same flyer to them either by email or USPS. Attend another club’s events and represent your club, then pass out your event flyers to those participants and talk up your event.
After your event is over, let others know about the fun you had by sending me a report, roughly 500 words with pictures, so it can be published in the District IV column in Model Aviation.
Most importantly, get out there safely and get back to what we like most.
Rick Cawley, District Associate Vice President, attended the Wayne Miniature Heli Event.
It was a fine fall day on October 17, 2020, in Goldsboro, North Carolina, for a gathering of helicopter enthusiasts. It has been many years since I attended a heli event and things have really changed for the better. The electronics and the mechanics of the helis have evolved so much. I saw cool stuff that I had no idea about before today, including a brand of transmitter named the Mikado V Bar, made primarily for helis. I even saw a solar setup that was used to charge batteries, so no generator was needed.
The Goblin Krakens seemed to be the heli of choice and the maneuvers were off the hook. To me, it looked like controlled chaos, but the aircraft were always under control and no crashes were witnessed. There were three or four areas flying at the same time. I heard from the group that they flew into the night with the aid of floodlights rented just for this event.
More than 21 pilots with the passion and camaraderie for helis traveled from many states just for this event. Jimmy Pernell was the contest director. It has been an annual event for more than 15 years. It was a good time, a good club, and good people.
