District V
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands
Welcome back, everyone! Congratulations go to the York County Flyers in York, South Carolina, for being selected as AMA Club of the Month for May 2022. We have many outstanding clubs in District V and this is just one of them. Keep up the good work!
I hope that everyone is getting out to attend events. It’s a great way to visit other clubs and make new friends and contacts. I have tried to get to as many different clubs and events as I can during the last couple of years and have yet to be disappointed with a visit.
One of the most prestigious events in the world takes place in District V at the Lakeland Linder International Airport in Lakeland, Florida, in the form of Top Gun. I didn’t make it there this year because I wanted to visit the Southeast Electric Flight Festival (SEFF), but congratulations go out to Peter Goldsmith, Mr. Top Gun 2022.
I was only able to capture a portion of the flightline at SEFF in this shot. It was massive.
CD Bob Barnard (the tall man in the back) and his team of volunteers made SEFF 2022 a success.
Gateway RC, in Jacksonville FL, hosted the First Coast International Miniature Aerobatic Club competition on April 30, 2022.
I made my first trip to SEFF this year and was blown away. I’ve been to Hodges Field in Andersonville, Georgia, many times. It is a first-class venue, run by a first-class gentleman named Mac Hodges, but this was my first chance to check out an event that I’ve often read about.
I was blown away at how Hodges Field has transformed! In the past, I used a runway that was covered with tents and campers several rows deep, with the flightline pushed much farther out onto the lush grass runway. The entire runway was occupied and a second flightline was established for helicopters and quadcopters.
Contest Director (CD) Bob Barnard and the Fayette Flyers club hosted the event that attracted 220 pilots who made the trip from several states despite the crazy gas prices. Congratulations for a job well done to everyone who was involved in making it happen!
Until next month, keep ’em flyin’!
My longtime buddy, Phillip Roey, from Atlanta, has one of the many raffle prizes that were given out by an impressive list of sponsors at SEFF.
Andrew Griffith
Vice President
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12258 Bucks Harbor Dr. N.
Jacksonville FL 32225
(904) 993-4956
www.amadistrict-v.org
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENTS
Mickey Avery, AL; (334) 247-7123; district-V-AVP@email.com
Rick Grim, AL; (256) 656-0859; uavpilot@bellsouth.net
Joe Dolliver, FL; (239) 218-2677; Joe33914@gmail.com
Keith Hall, FL; (813) 928-3861; wingman@verizon.net
Jose Melendez, FL; (321) 412-3078; rcjets12@hotmail.com
Andre Smith, FL; (850) 980-3724; andredsmithsr@gmail.com
Bill Barbee, GA; (912) 660-2155; awbarbee@hotmail.com
Bob Dixon, GA; (478) 960-5200; rldixon3@cox.net
Nick Ray, GA; (865) 368-3820; lasray@gmail.com
Darrell Sprayberry, GA; (706) 280-5848; darrellhubb@optlink.us
Paul Verger, MS; (228) 826-4892; cpaulverger@yahoo.com
Edwin Medina, Puerto Rico; (787) 525-7768; captainmedina@gmail.com
Don Wise, SC; (803) 534-8164; d7wise@cs.com
Scott Anderson, TN; rcfoamy@hotmail.com
Tim DiPeri, TN; (615) 591-7399; caseco@comcast.net
Dick Tonan, TN; (615) 995-6291; dtonan@mac.com
SAFETY COORDINATOR: Red Scholefield, Johns Island SC; (843) 494-5225; red scho3@gmail.com
RC, CL, AND FF EVENT SANCTION COORDINATOR: Dick Tonan, (615) 995-6291; dtonan@mac.com
WEBMASTER: Glenn Bond, d5amaweb@gmail.com
