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
Stella Bennett, San Pedro CA; (310) 357-4570; bennettblueeagles72@gmail.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, Prescott ID; (435) 619-3112; dksajohnson@gmail.com
Tim Jamison, 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; hm.brahit@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; qterzo@aol.com
Peter Vogel, Santa Clara CA; (408) 569-7067; vogel.peter@gmail.com
Roger Willis, Murrieta CA; (951) 249-9688; willisasuc@aol.com
EVENT SANCTION COORDINATORS
Forrest Barton (CA north of Bakersfield), Woodland CA; (530) 383-9019; cbarton328@aol.com
Southern 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
It was quite an honor to attend a celebration at the RC Flyers Unlimited in Oakdale, California. The club held a fun-fly and celebration for Ward Hendricks’ 100th birthday, the founder of their flying field more than 30 years ago. Ward was brought to the event by his son, Danny, and although Ward might not be flying, he is continuing to build model aircraft.
It was even more of an honor to present Ward with the AMA District Service Award, recognizing his years of contribution to their aeromodeling community. Special thanks to Jack Cooke and Sandy Singletary for including us in this celebration.
Sandy, Jack, Ward, and Danny.
With all of the members and guests from the RC community in the area, there was support from Turlock, Sacramento, Modesto Vets, and Manteca RC clubs to this special celebration. Additionally, we all enjoyed some of the tastiest barbecue tri-tip and teriyaki chicken from Pitmasters Chris and Jason, as well as the extended event crew of Shawn, Ron, Dave, and Gary.
Pitmasters Chris and Jason.
I had the opportunity to attend the finals competition for the UAS4STEM educational program from AMA. High schools from across the county assemble teams, complete ground school, and design and build a quadcopter to complete a waypoint and payload delivery mission. These teams were scored on their missions and Flight Readiness reviews with the culmination finals
held at EAA’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It was impressive to see these students come together as a cohesive team, covering all of the facets of designing, building, programming, testing, and retesting the mission. They operated the drone to find and identify targets and retrieve objects such as first aid kits and deliver them to another target.
Feel free to reach out with any questions, comments, recommendations, or issues. There is much to share across the district. Enjoy every-
