District XI
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Hi all. Flying season has arrived in the Northwest! I’m getting out and starting the busy runs of the summer.
I attended Joe Nall Week at the Triple Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, South Carolina. This is where we had our AMA National Membership Meeting this year.
This is the biggest flying event in the US, with approximately 1,000 registered pilots. With many different venues on which to fly anything you can bring, all flightlines were busy the whole week. There were lots of flying demonstrations and vendors selling their wares.
AMA’s new executive director, Tyler Dobbs, was there meeting members and even got a chance to fly a bit on the float-flying flightline. Many different flying things were demonstrated. Pictured below are Fitz Walker and Lee Ray who flew a cradle-launch glider airplane on floats. It worked great!
Next was Weaver’s Field in Othello, Washington, for Gary Weaver’s annual Memorial Day fun-fly. I really like going to this field. Gary is a gracious host, and I always have a great time. He is taking up turbine jets, and I was able to get in enough flights to become current as a turbine contest director and sign off on his turbine waiver. I flew my new P-47 and my Boomerang Sprint turbine all weekend! It was great fun!
You should try to make it to Weaver’s Field; it is a wonderful place to fly. Check out the website at www.weaversairfield.com for scheduled events.
That’s it for this month. I’ll have my Scale event and the Northwest Jamboree up next month. Keep building and flying!
Phil Tallman
Vice President
amadistrictxi@modelaircraft.org
28910 W. Hallett Rd., Medical Lake WA 99022; (509) 220-6513
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENTS
David Ayar, Battle Ground WA; (360) 721-1963; kamunhsky@aol.com
Rick Crow, Garrison MT; (406) 559-6662; rwcrowjr@gmail.com
Bryan Diffendaffer, Meridian ID; (208) 917-0548; buffendafferg@gmail.com
Michael Ingram, Wenatchee WA; (509) 699-3034; firercer@cs.com
Joe Miller, Dallas OR; (503) 798-7241; dragonriders54@yahoo.com
Chris Rankin, Bend OR; (541) 948-0211; crankin.aaa@outlook.com
Robert Stephens, Anchorage AK; (907) 440-0478; rfstephens@hotmail.com
Jay Strickland, Central Point OR; (458) 226-0470; strickdog@aol.com
Tom Strom, McCleary WA; (360) 791-7729; flyboy23e@aol.com
FF/CL EVENT SANCTION COORDINATOR
Mike Hazel, P.O. Box 505, Lyons OR 97358; zzclspeed@aol.com
RC EVENT SANCTION COORDINATOR
Michael Ingram, Wenatchee WA 98802; (509) 699-3034; firercer@cs.com
