District I
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
The following report from Associate Vice President (AVP) Daren Hudson is about one of the most popular winter events that our members look forward to each year.
For the 26th year, the Southern New Hampshire Flying Eagles (SNHFE) RC club held its Frozen Finger Fun Fly (FFFF). This annual event in the middle of New England during winter is a notable example of an AMA Leader club that understands the importance of welcoming people, adapting to changes while holding on to traditions, establishing community relationships, and promoting AMA and aeromodeling.
Typical SNHFE events include good multimedia promotion, organized registration, site preparation, and great raffle items. Open flying is for all types of model aircraft, and flight demonstrations are from some of New England’s best RC pilots.
Each year, AVP and event Contest Director (CD) John Yassemedis (Yaz) creates challenging and entertaining fun-fly competitions and pilot awards. Club flight instructors readily engaged the adult and young spectators in RC buddy-box flying. Adding grilled burgers and hot dogs, along with delicious chili, rounded out a perfect day.
Yaz said, “It was cool to win not one but two of the raffle E-flite airplanes, and super rewarding to give them to two lucky kiddos.”
Well done SNHFE, AVPs Johnnie Yaz and Joel Rosenzweig, and all of the pilots who attended. What an incredibly fun day for me.
Thanks to Daren, Yaz, and SNHFE for this excellent report of this year’s FFFF event.
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