District IX
Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming
Congratulations to the Lincoln Sky Knights, in Lincoln, Nebraska, on 72 years with AMA! Here are a few words from Club President Cliff Davis.
The Lincoln Sky Knights celebrated its 72nd anniversary as an AMA chartered club on Sunday, June 28.
The public was invited, and we were rewarded by many who came to watch us fly. We included them in our lunch and raffle. Our event made the local paper and was listed on the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce website as a great weekend event to come see.
Thanks to Horizon Hobby, we had some great raffle prizes: a full RealFlight Evolution simulator setup and a HobbyZone Cleetus McFarland-edition Carbon Cub S 2 1.3m airplane.
After lunch had settled, we all sang Happy Birthday to the club and blew out the candles on our cake. The cake had been custom-printed with an edible club logo.
We estimated the attendance to be 80 people in some very hot and windy conditions (97° and 15 to 20 mph wind), but the club did a lot of great flying for the crowd and ourselves.
Craig Bastion, the District IX associate vice president in Wyoming, reports on the long-running fun-fly at his home club in Casper, Wyoming. I think this event goes back 20 years or more.
The Casper Airmodelers Association held its Annual Fly In on July 24-26. We were blessed with warm weather, but there was some wind (living in our part of the country, you learn to fly with the wind or you never fly).
On day one, there were 15 registered pilots, with an additional eight who registered on day two. There were airplanes, helicopters, and jets that shared the Wyoming air all weekend. Pilots’ skills varied anywhere from expert to beginner, with a few receiving some buddy-box instruction.
On the second day, a hamburger and brat lunch was served with all of the fixings, including dessert. Later that afternoon, we had some prize drawings. The first was a pilots’ 50/50 drawing, with proceeds going to the Casper Humane Society. After that, we raffled off some airplanes and accessories.
