District XI
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Hi all. It’s that time again. I had a couple of interesting communications this month with similar themes that I want to mention. I received a letter from a Free Flight (FF) group and a call from a club that asked how they could be mentioned in this article. The answer is to do what they did and contact me. I’d love to visit every club and flying event in the district, but I can’t. (I still work full time at my paying job.)
My associate vice presidents (AVPs) get around, but not to everything either. You don’t have to be an AVP or even a club officer. If you see, attend, or just know of something you think would be interesting to the rest of us, drop me a line, give me a call, or send me a text. I just need a couple of paragraphs and a couple of high-resolution pictures and I’ll work to get you in.
This is from AVP Mike Ingram:
On August 13-14, 2022, the Wenatchee Red Apple Flyers (WRAF) in Wenatchee, Washington, held its annual Warbirds Over Wenatchee fundraiser event benefiting Veterans Helping Veterans. There were warbirds of all eras represented at the gathering. WRAF member Dave Moline officiated.
Several of the “West Side Boys” brought their cadre of Giant Scale warbirds that included a Moki-powered P-47, a Sea Fury, an ME 109, F4U Corsair, Zero, Tigercat, PC-21, and several others.
John Devine with his P-47.
Ramahan Faulk displays his A6M.
Roberto Flores with his F4U Corsair.
The airplanes were brought out to show center for a noontime review and inspection for the Pilots’ Choice award.
Doug Stewart received the Pilots’ Choice award for his Jenny, which was built from a Joy Models kit and was powered by an O.S. Wankel engine.
The WRAF also had a paintball pay-to-play shooting gallery set up so that you could try your shooting skills at a moving target. All of the funds raised went to the Veterans Helping Veterans organization in Wenatchee.
Bob Stalick, of the Willamette Modelers Club, sent me several issues of the club’s newsletter. This is an active FF club in the central Oregon area. The club has a bunch of stuff going on, so be sure to check out www.willamettemodelersclub.weebly.com.
That’s all for this month. There’s a lot more coming! Keep on building and flying!
