District V

District V

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

Welcome back everyone!

A huge congratulations goes out to my buddy Rod Snyder, a District V member from Johnson City, Tennessee, who was just crowned Mr. Top Gun! Rod won the coveted Top Gun award, flying his huge 1/4-scale L-39 that is powered by an electric ducted fan. It is a 1/4-scale jet that’s EDF powered! It has a Schübeler 195mm (you read that right!) ducted fan that produces more than 50 pounds of thrust.

Thank you to the St. Augustine RC Flyers for the invitation to the club’s monthly meeting and the chance to speak to the members about FAA-Recognized Identification Areas (FRIAs), Remote ID, and everything else. Also, I appreciate the hospitality when I flew at the club’s nice flying site for a couple of hours.

Finally, congratulations to the crew running the Southeast Electric Flight Festival (SEFF). I couldn’t make it this year because I was at Top Gun, but I heard you had a good crowd and decent weather. This is just another of the many premier events that take place in District V.

It’s time for me to get packed and head out

again—this time to Joe Nall Week 2023. Have a great month and keep ’em flyin’. Until next time!