District X
Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah
Greg Stone
Vice President
amdistrictx@modelaircraft.org
5345 Paseo Caliente
Yorba Linda CA 92887
(949) 413-0920
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENTS
Forrest Barton, Woodland CA; (530) 383-9019; cbarton328@aol.com
Jim Bonnardel, San Diego CA; (858) 292-5518; nitroblast@hotmail.com
Alan Friedman, Eloy AZ; (520) 876-0232; pooralan@aol.com
Bob Hunter, San Tan Valley AZ; (714) 273-1419; bobh@huntershome.com
Dan Johnson, Preston ID; (435) 619-3112; dkjohnson@gmail.com
Tim Johnson, Mission Viejo CA; (949) 444-7520; timothy@johnson.us.com
Mike Lee, Redlands CA; (909) 792-8424; mlee8249@msn.com
Barry Mattison, Las Vegas NV; (702) 218-3827; mr.brabbit@gmail.com
Jim Mohan, Phoenix AZ; (623) 434-1351; jmohan351@cox.net
JR Schiager, Folsom CA; (916) 705-7778; jrstuff88@gmail.com
Gil Terzo, Las Vegas NV; (702) 523-9897; gterzo@aol.com
Peter Vogel, Santa Clara CA; (408) 569-7067; vogel.peter@gmail.com
Roger Willis, Murrieta CA; (951) 249-9688; willisassoc@aol.com
EVENT SANCTION COORDINATORS
Forrest Barton (CA north of Bakersfield), Woodland CA; (530) 383-9019; cbarton328@aol.com
South California and Arizona, Greg Stone, (949) 413-0920; gstone4@outlook.com
Free Flight: AMA Headquarters, Competition Department, (765) 287-1256, ext. 252; competition@modelaircraft.org
This month, I want to highlight an event hosted by the Scale Squadron of Southern California. This year was the 16th annual Warbirds and Classics event. The event was held at the Orange County Modeling Association field in Southern California.
Despite the normal uncertainty of rain, fog, or high heat, it turned out to be great weather, with a light wind, allowing for continuous flying throughout the entire event. As participation at events around the district are growing, this year’s attendance was great, with 72 registered pilots and roughly 125 registered models. Many brought extra airplanes and there were approximately 200 aircraft throughout the pits!
Squadron Commander Mike Greenshields orchestrated an excellent event, with Randy Wilbur as contest director, Joni Whitsitt handling registration and evening festivities, and Tim Dobrowski managing the flightline throughout the event. Many more volunteers supported all areas of the event, from set up and take down, to concessions, parking, and air traffic support, and helped to make this year a great success. Saturday afternoon also brought a huge raffle, including two ready-to-fly airplanes from Sam Wright’s garage, an F-82 Twin Mustang ARF from Larry Wolfe, and much more.
On top of the camaraderie and excellent flying, the Scale Squadron was able to make donations to the U.S. Marine Corps Semper Fi and America’s Fund.
We have a lot of activities and events going on throughout the district. Enjoy everything you build and fly.
