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;
Bob Burnett, Washington, D.C. SFRA;
Rick Cawley, NC;
Jack Hamilton, NC;
Rusty Kennedy, VA;
Richard “Rick” Moreland, MD;
Mark Smith, NC;
Terry Terrenoire, VA;
David Trogdon, NC;
Mark Weiss, DE;
EVENT SANCTION COORDINATORS
CLAVP: Jack Rosemere,
FF AVP: Bob Sowder,
RC: John Bergsmith,
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AVP
Ray Stinchcomb,
WEBMASTER
Jack Upchurch,
SOCIAL MEDIA ADMINISTRATOR
Douglas LeRoy,
I’m going to bring you some event reports to whet your whistle for the upcoming season. Enjoy!
Gary Quinn shared the following from the Northern Virginia RC (NVRC) club auction in Centreville, Virginia. For more information, visit www.1nvrc.com.
NVRC held its annual auction on a Saturday, and for the first time, it was held at the Poplar Ford field because of COVID requirements. The club has partnered with a local high school STEM program, and the proceeds from the auction help support those STEM activities. The auction was a success, and we even had two AMA associate vice presidents (AVPs), Bob Burnett and Nic Burhans, in attendance as buyers and sellers.
Tom Schultz, of the Colonel’s Fly’n Aces club in Morganton, North Carolina, shared the following:
On Saturday, Oct 2, 2021, Colonel’s Fly’n Aces hosted a Take off And Grow event for the Morganton, North Carolina, Boy Scout Troop #184. Eleven Boy Scouts and troop leaders participated in the event. The event started with a ground school covering the basics of flight controls. We had two high-wing trainers and a low-wing sport airplane on buddy-box systems. Butch Clark, Jason Starnes, and Mark Clark worked as trainers, and all of the Scouts and troop leaders were excited about “taking the sticks” and flying.
We also had a Control Line demonstration from David Hames and a rocket airplane demonstration from Brian Vance. It was a very rewarding day of introducing the Boy Scouts to our hobby.
AVP David Trogdon reported on the Piedmont Aeromodelers (http://piedmontaeromodelers.com) in Wade, North Carolina:
The Piedmont Aeromodelers’ annual warbird event was rescheduled for December 11, 2021, but as daylight broke, rain and clouds threatened to again put a halt to the event. Don’t ever let it be said that RC pilots aren’t a hardy bunch because they began to gather at the field with hopes of a day of flying and fellowship.
The day ended up being a success, with 23 pilots registering, flying all day, and a raffle at the end. Clouds remained for most of the day and the wind was stiff, but luckily for the pilots, it blew up and down the runway.
All sizes of various eras of military aircraft were on hand, from small EDF jets to large-scale World War I and II aircraft—both nitro and gas powered. We dined on the standard RC field fare of hot dogs and hamburgers, prepared on-site by local chefs.
Go fly and have fun safely.
