District XI
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Hello all. It has been a busy time for me!
I’ve been to several events. The first was the AMA Northwest Jamboree in East Wenatchee, Washington, at the Red Apple Flyers’ field. The event was great! We had 43 registered pilots and many more attended. I was the event contest director, and I didn’t any complaints. Many people told me they had a great time.
Lots of open flying, some vendor demonstrations, turbine jet demonstrations, and a Control Line demonstration were all included in the three days of activities.
We had a great raffle and a special auction to support the AMA Foundation. Two separate vendors were available for food: Tom Strom from Bigfoot Hobbies and Mike and Teri Ingram. Both gave up the profits to support the club and the AMA Foundation!
Between the raffle, auction, and lunch profits, we were able to give the foundation roughly $2,000, and then Mike and Teri added another $500. Erin Dobbs, representing the foundation, and Rich Hanson, AMA’s president, were both in attendance! Here are a couple of pictures.
After I returned home, I went out to the Barons Model Club field in Deer Park, Washington, for the club’s warbird event. It was forecast to be hot, so we started at 6 a.m. to beat the heat. It was well attended, and we had a good morning of flying. One special aircraft was a model of one of the KC-135 airplanes that we still see flying in the area. Here is a picture:
The Radio Aero Modelers of Seattle has a new field outside of Auburn, Washington, at the Auburn Adventist Academy. It features a 2,600-foot grass runway!
Here is a picture of some of the members enjoying the new site.
Next, I went down to Sutherland, Oregon, to attend the Umpqua Valley Modelers’ Plat I Float Fly. This longtime annual event was a blast! It was a great bunch of people who were having a whole lot of fun—my kind of thing. I must have made 20 flights on Friday alone! This is one gathering that I’ll attend again!
That’s all for this month. Keep building and flying!
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; kamamhusky@aol.com
Rick Crow, Harrison 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@q.com
Tom Strom, McCleary WA; (360) 791-7729; flyboy23@aol.com
FF/CL EVENT SANCTION COORDINATOR
Mike Hazel, P.O. Box 505, Lyons OR 97358; zzcspeed@aol.com
RC EVENT SANCTION COORDINATOR
Michael Ingram, Wenatchee WA 98802; (509) 699-3034; firercer@cs.com
