Edition: Model Aviation - 2023/01
Page Numbers: 101
Blue Fly Eagle Jet F-16 flying above trees

District V

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands

Portrait of Andrew Griffith

Welcome back everyone! Congratulations on another great success go to the Georgia Jets Model Aviation Flying Club and Contest Director (CD) David Churchill for the club’s Super Jet South event. If you’ve never been to this event, it takes place at the club’s field, which has a 1,000-foot paved runway and wide-open flying

Blue Fly Eagle Jet F-16 flying above trees
This Fly Eagle Jet F-16, flown by Neal Kapalorinc and built/owned by his father, Larry, from Gatlinburg TN, was at Super Jet South. Photo by Jennifer Lively.

space in Gay, Georgia, approximately an hour outside of Atlanta. I highly recommend coming, even if only as a spectator.

This world-class facility attracts pilots from across the country. This year, it featured a week of “Chamber of Commerce” weather, and the pilot count exceeded 100! I first visited Super Jet South last year and it instantly found a permanent place on my event calendar.

Continuing the jet theme, my home club, the Radio Control Club of Jacksonville, Florida, hosted a small turbine (120N or less) and EDF event in early October. As an inaugural event, it attracted 30 pilots who flew micro-EDF airplanes and several turbines. Congratulations go to CD Mike Stanley on his first of hopefully many events!

Seven members of the GA Jets Club standing outdoors
CD Dave Churchill (center) is with the GA Jets Club members who made Super Jet South 2022 such a memorable trip. Lively photo.
Sean Gallagher beside a large BVM F-16 model airplane
Sean Gallagher, from Union Springs AL, with his BVM F-16 at the Super Jet South event.