District X
Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah
Greg Stone
Vice President
amadistrictx@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; willisasoc@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
Very special thanks to Stella Bennett, our newest District X representative, for her and Ron’s attendance to take in all of spectacular aircraft, flying, pictures, and details for this update.
Jerry Neuberger with Stella Bennett.
As the new year gets underway, one of the early events is Winter Warbirds, held at the Sun Valley Fliers field in Phoenix. This year is the 12th annual event and had John Gerhardt as the event director. All who were in attendance had a lot of fun, with great warbirds, spectacular flying throughout the week, and great weather.
Overall, there were 107 registered pilots, with a broad mix of Scale warbirds that also included more than 40 turbine Scale warbirds. With John stepping up to run the event, Sharla joined to provide inspiration, help, and to -advise.
It takes a large team to make an event of this size run well, from John Geyer running the headquarters and assisted by Mike Peck and Charlie Beverson. Ken Rhoads was air boss all three days with the assistance of his son, Brian. Brian also pushed the field preparation with a ton of work on the facility.
Frank Moskowitz, club president, coordinated gate security and a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff. Additionally, Tony Quist, who ran the event for the past 11 years, provided input, guidance, and preregistration. Many thanks to all who helped to make this such a great event and, of course, all of the modelers with their Scale aircraft who truly made the event.
Feel free to reach out with any questions, comments, recommendations, or issues. Enjoy everything you build and fly.
