FORMER AMA AVP PASSES
SCOTT JUSTICE (AMA 1029), of Moody, Texas, passed away peacefully on May 3, 2022, at age 81, with his wife of 50 years, Debra, by his side. He joined AMA in the mid-1970s while living in the Chicago area. He and his wife, along with friends Linda and Ken Herrick, started the Miniature Aircraft flying Club (MAC) in Chicago in the mid-1980s.
Scott went on to become an Associate Vice President for District VI and served under Vice Presidents (VPs) Bob Underwood, Jim Sears, Charlie Bauer, and as District VIII Educational Coordinator for Sandy Frank. He became an AMA contest director in 1985, as well as a Large Model Airplane Inspector.
He received numerous awards while serving under various VPs, such as the Superior Service Award from Jim in the mid-1990s and Charlie in 1999. He received the District Service Award from Sandy in 2003, and the Dirty Dozen Award in 2006.
In 1986, he and Debra, who also flew alongside Scott in competitions, were awarded the Carl and Beth Goldberg Vital People Award. In 1997, the couple attended the AMA Grand Event, a model/hobby expo and membership homecoming event in Muncie, Indiana. They were on the flightline for two days, introducing people to the sport of RC aeromodeling. Scott received the Award of Appreciation as an assistant flight official during the inaugural event.
Scott was a permanent fixture at many of the MAC club’s fun-flys, Pylon races, and Combat events. In addition to MAC, he was a member of the Radio Signal Modelers club and the Woodland Aeromodelers.
Build a Formula 1 Racer
AMA PLANS SERVICE houses all plans formerly sold through Model Builder magazine, Bill Northrop’s Plan Service, and the Scratch Builder’s Almanac. There are more than 18,000 plans in the collection.
If you are interested in enjoying all that Formula 1 racing offers, George Owl’s Formula 1 Lil’ Quickie is for you. This 50-inch aircraft’s shoulder wing design creates little drag and allows maximum use of power for forward flight.
You can order plans for the Formula 1 Lil’ Quickie, plans number 7781, at plans.modelaircraft.org for $17.
It wasn’t long though before the humorous side of our hobby began appearing in the magazines, generally in the form of cartoons. In some cases, the cartoons featured nondescript characters and events that might have occurred at a club meeting or at the flying field. Sometimes the cartoon depicted a big event, such as the Nats.
Model Airplane News introduced a recurring character, Conrad, with regular cartoons highlighting his antics. Flying Models magazine introduced Fixit Wright and Tailskid Talby in a two-page cartoon that ran nearly every month. Running from 1949 to 1958, Tailskid generally always tried to skate by—taking the quick or easy way out—and
usually with dire and humorous consequences. In Model Aviation magazine, the Microhenrys appeared from 1988 to 1998. In 1995, Ed Henry released a book featuring 600 of his cartoons.
If you get a chance to look at these magazines, I am sure you will recognize things that your fellow club members—or even you—have done!
