District XI
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
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, 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; firencer@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; zzcpseed@aol.com
RC EVENT SANCTION COORDINATOR
Michael Ingram, Wenatchee WA 98802; (509) 699-3034; firencer@cs.com
Hi all. It’s the middle of summer as I write this, and a busy time for me and others. I recently returned from Muncie, Indiana. I attended the AMA National Fun Fly and quarterly Executive Council meeting. I mixed fun and work and I had a great weekend!
Here is a report from Associate Vice President Rick Crow about the inaugural Northern Rockies EDF Jam.
The Helena Flying Tigers inaugural Northern Rockies EDF Jam had 12 registered pilots flying 70 jets during the three-day event. Attendees came from Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. Despite a smoky sky, all had fun and entertained more than 100 spectators.
Flying Tigers founding member Cliff Higgins was in attendance. Cliff has flown more than 40 different aircraft during his career and flew full-scale aircraft for five Montana governors.
During his military career, he flew the actual F-86 that is replicated in this picture. He signed the wing of this EDF flown by the club president, Travis Elbert. Rod Musierd served as contest director of the event and won the pilot drawing prize. The club is planning a bigger event next year and looks forward to more pilots attending.
Art Kelly, Rogue Eagles camp director, sent in the following:
The Rogue Eagles R/C Club of Medford, Oregon, hosted its first Summer Aviation Camp. Area middle school students were invited to a camp that examined the many aspects of the term flight. Projects and experiments enabled campers to grasp the concepts of center of gravity, lift, and drag. To appreciate the factors of time and distance, they were asked to study navigational charts to search for information that would be essential to a pilot planning a trip.
The final day of camp was devoted to a range of flying events. Our young people craned their necks as the aircraft of the local rocket club accelerated into the air. Eyes were round as one of our club members flew his new turbine jet, followed by demonstrations of International Miniature Aerobatics Club pattern flights and the complex maneuvers of helicopter flights.
We then moved to hands-on experiences. The youngsters started with learning the delicate touch of flight controls using the club’s simulators. Then they advanced to our Control Line area, where a club instructor stood in the circle with each aspiring pilot to emphasize precise control motions. The day culminated with each student moving the sticks through buddy-box flying with club instructors.
Based upon the smiles on the faces of our campers as we wrapped up the last day, our staff concluded that this had been a successful venture. We were encouraged by the level of support that was received from the management of the airport facilities and feel that, with cooperative activities, we can build a program that will develop aspirations among young people toward aviation.
That’s all I have room for this month. Keep building and flying!
