Lawrence Harville
AMA District-8 Vice President
District 8 Sparkplug of the month July 2020
Sparkplug of the Month of July is, STEVE NICHOLSON from River City Radio Control, San Antonio, TEXAS. Steve has been a member of the Ozark Flyers RC in Fayetteville, Ark., the Greater Southwest Aero Modelers in...
AVP/Contest Coordinator Amanda Darling Visit
Ozark Flyers Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Rodney Darling with daughter AVP Amanda Darlin and District VIII Contest Coordinator with Doug Wilkerson
Guymon Fun Fly
Sorry for the late post... Technical issues!! A wrong turn in the middle of the Oklahoma Panhandle brought some history to the Guymon Fun Fly in September. A cold front and high winds on Sunday did not keep 12 pilots from showing up ready to tear up the skies at...
Hight Desert Jet Fly In.
Jets. I attended ARCC's Hight desert Jet Fly In here in Albuquerque. They had 24 pilots and lots of fun. Weather was not so well on Thursday and Friday. Saturday was perfect. There was lots of spectators watching the jets. At noon there was a walk of planes. Phill...
ARCC Un-swap meet
Un-swap meet? What is it? ARCC had a Un-swap meet last Saturday. Les Beason came up with this idea. The stuff you have left after a swap meet just takes up space in your work shop. An un-swap meet was designed to get rid of that stuff. Here is how it works. Fill up a...
AMA CALL TO ARMS
Dear member – We need your assistance in an urgent matter. Late last week, the FAA unexpectedly informed us that, contrary to earlier commitments to AMA, the agency is planning to limit all recreational model aircraft operations to 400 feet in controlled airspace –...
Senior Pattern Aerobatics
I was at the SPA event the Fort Worth Thunderbirds’s RC club put on last Saturday October 5th. It was a beautiful day and lots of flying.
Mike Vawters Memorial – Charity Fundraiser
On November 16, 2019 Alvin RC Model Airplane Association held its annual charity fundraiser at its field in Alvin, TX. The club had planned a fun fly for the previous week which had to be canceled due to wet field conditions. Due to the many items donated for sale at...