District IX
Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming
Congratulations to District IX’s Aimee Olson for finishing third in the women’s division of the FAI F2D World Championships. In this picture, Aimee is flanked by Jeff Johnson and Dave Fischer. All three were part of the team that beat out 24 other international teams of Control Line Combat competitors to take top spot on the podium.
It’s not often in our large district to have our Associate Vice Presidents (AVPs) all in the same place. This year, we were able to assemble a few of them at two different events. The first picture was in July at the Minot Area Modelers Fun Fly, in Minot, North Dakota.
Pictured with me are AVPs Jim Tiller, Zac Roller, Zac Heskin, and Terry Wiles, in Minot ND.
Pictured with me, in Dacono CO, are AVPs Jim Tiller, Rick McCaskill, Mark Dennis, and Brian Blois.
The second gathering was in August at the Longmont Area Modelers Association (LAMA) Rocky Mountain Big Bird Fly-in Dacono, Colorado. Unfortunately, for all of us in District IX, Rick McCaskill turned in his resignation as one of our Colorado AVPs. Rick held his position for nearly 10 years. In that time, he was an untiring advocate for AMA and of great service to our aeromodeling community. Thanks so much for the long and admirable service.
Also, during my time at the LAMA Big Bird Fly, I was able to assist former District IX Vice President Jim Tiller with some unfinished business. A few years ago, during the COVID aftermath, Jim nominated Mike Cross of the LAMA club for a District Service Award. As luck would have it, Jim’s service as District IX VP ended before he had an opportunity to present the award in person to Mike with the dignity it calls for.
At the LAMA event, we rectified that. Here’s Mike finally getting the recognition he deserves. Mike continues to serve the LAMA group as he has done for many years. As a photographer, Mike’s pictures have often graced this column as well. The pictures he takes at events throughout the region are always made available to the host clubs and provided to us for publication.
Thank you, Mike, for the service and hopefully your next award will get to you in a timelier fashion. Mike took the pictures you see here of the LAMA event. I’ll let you figure out how he took his own picture.
Here’s another of Mike’s pictures from the LAMA Big Bird.
Brandon Koch
Vice President
amadistrictix@modelaircraft.org
Mandan ND
(701) 471-9575
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENTS
Craig Bastian, Casper WY; (307) 577-6463; craigb1961@msn.com
Brian Blois, Winter Park CO; (720) 333-2720; brian.blois@outlook.com
Tyler Brown, Lincoln NE; (402) 617-0444; tylerzx9@yahoo.com
Mark Dennis, Longmont CO; (951) 203-7776, MarkDflyer@gmail.com
Zac Heskin, Underwood ND; (701) 340-2039; zcheskin23@yahoo.com
Zachary Roller, Rapid City SD; (605) 519-0815; zroller28@gmail.com
Arend Schurman, Elkton SD; (605) 695-2122; arend.schuurman@gmail.com
Jim Tiller, Custer SD, (605) 390-3878; jtillr@hotmail.com
Terry Wiles, Harrisburg SD; terryascustom@yahoo.com
EVENT SANCTION COORDINATOR
Troy Hamm, Gardner KS; (913) 744-5745; funflyr@juno.com
