District IX
Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming
Here is a summary of this year’s Sodbuster Auction from Marvin Rozeboom.
“Last April, the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sod Busters held its annual RC auction after a 1-year hiatus because of (need I say) COVID-19. The layoff paid dividends, however, because the club decided to move the auction to a larger space at the Sioux Falls Convention Center—to the tune of 16,000 carpeted square feet larger!
“According to those who attended, this year was the best and biggest ever. There were more than 80 buyers and sellers coming from Jamestown, North Dakota, to Omaha, Nebraska. We kept the auctioneer busy for about 7 hours, selling nearly 400 items.”
This is from Jefco Aeromod’lers president and instructor, Bud Glass.
“Jefco Aeromod’lers recently formed a partnership with the Colorado Skies Academy (CSA), an aviation-oriented middle school in the Cherry Creek School District. The school district contacted our club about creating a model aviation class and we put together a program, wrote the curriculum, and had it approved by the CSA administration and the board of directors. In that process, we asked and CSA agreed, to
become an AMA MASC Club.
“The curriculum was divided in three sessions. Session 1 taught flying etiquette and included AMA rules and Know Before You Fly. The second session was Model Building 101, and in the third session, each student assembled a HobbyZone Apprentice S2. By the end of the class, five airplanes were ready to fly. The students got to keep the airplanes they built.
“Recently, Caiden Rose, one of the students who attended the first Model Aviation Class, came to my shop with his father, Christian, to begin his flight training. He remembered my shop motto that I taught in class: Built right, flies right.
“After a few adjustments, we headed to the field. With the checklist and preflight complete, Caiden and I took to the air. After just a few minutes, with a little hands-on help, Caiden was sailing through his first flight with ease, despite choppy wind. He flew three 10- to 12-minute flights nearly single-handedly, and successfully landing his final flight almost unassisted.”
There is more in-depth information about this continuing project in the Jefco Aeromod’lers newsletter and on the club’s website at https://jefcoaeromodelers.com.
Jim Tiller
Vice President
jtiller@hotmail.com
Box 828, Custer SD 57730
(605) 390-3878
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENTS
Craig Bastian, Casper WY; (307)577-6463; craigb1961@msn.com
Tyler Brown, Lincoln NE; (402) 617-0444; tylerzx9@yahoo.com
Steve Graham, Denver CO; (303) 883-0205; steve.graham1@comcast.net
Brandon Koch, Mandan ND; (701) 471-9575; kochbrandon471@gmail.com
Rick McCaskill, Frederick CO; (303) 682-0440; rickm1947@aol.com
Zachary Roller, Rapid City SD; (605) 519-0815; zroller28@gmail.com
Arend Schuurman, Elkton SD; (605) 695-2122; arend.schuurman@gmail.com
Terry Wiles, Harrisburg SD; terryscustom@yahoo.com
EVENT SANCTION COORDINATOR
Troy Hamm, Gardner KS; (913) 744-5745; funflyr@juno.com
