District V
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, US Virgin Islands
Welcome back everyone! First, if you have the opportunity to talk to someone on the AMA staff, be sure to thank them for all of the hard work they are doing on the FAA-Recognized Identification Area applications. This is a lot of extra work for the people involved and they are doing a fantastic job.
Did you get a chance to celebrate National Model Aviation Day? I spent the day flying jets, and it was hot as blazes here in Florida.
The heat was starting to break just in time for the fall event season to heat up, and I’ll be somewhere just about every weekend between now and early December.
Congratulations to all of the District V members who competed in the various AMA Nats events and the FAI F3CN World Championships for Model Helicopters that took place at AMA’s International Aeromodeling Center in Muncie, Indiana.
Another cool event that took place in District V was the 2023 Jet Aerobatic Nats that was held at a small airport in Johnson City, Tennessee. This included a number of International Miniature Aerobatic Club-style categories, including a basic class, an EDF class for beginners, and Scale jets. It’s on my list for next year.
Until next month, keep ’em flying.
Contest Director Archie Stafford (L) presents first place to District V member Wayne Matthews, from Dallas GA. Some might know Wayne from his masterful embroidery for Joe Nall and other events.
District V kicked butt at the AMA Nats and the FAI F3CN World Championships for Model Helicopters, in Muncie IN. (L-R): Gordie Meade, first place in Expert class; Yasunobu (Nob) Muraki, second place in FAI/F3C and AMA Nats champion; Darrell Sprayberry, 518 Scale Nats champion; Bryan Birdsong, third place in Expert and second place in Sport Scale; and Tim DiPeri, first place in Sport Scale and third place in F3C.
Andrew Griffith
Vice President
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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; wing-man@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; darrelluhb@optlink.us
Paul Verger, MS; (228) 826-4892; cpaulverger@yahoo.com
Edwin Medina, Puerto Rico; (787) 525-7768; captmedina@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
RC, CL, AND FF EVENT SANCTION COORDINATOR:
Dick Tonan, (615) 995-6291; dtonan@mac.com
WEBMASTER: Glenn Bond, d5amaweb@gmail.com
