Lawrence Harville
AMA District-8 Vice President
Alvin RC 31st Big Bird and 17th Swap Meet
On April 3, 2021 Alvin RC Model Airplane Association held their 31st Annual Big Bird and 17th Annual Swap Meet at it’s club field (Vance Field) in Alvin, Texas. The event was a great success with perfect weather and 32 registered pilots with many outstanding models....
Texoma RC Modelers Scale Masters May 15-16, 2021
First TEXAS SCALE CONTEST OF THE YEAR Come WATCH some of the BEST SCALE planes in TEXAS
The Texas Unlimited Fun Flyers Fun Fly and Swap meet
May 8-9
Warbirds over Acadiana
Aeromodelers of Acadiana (AOA) hosted a great event March 19 & 20 at their beautiful field in Breaux Bridge, LA. Many pilots showed up a day early and hung around Sunday after the scheduled event. Texas Warbirds were well represented, as well as, Back of the Bend,...
Just another day at Maloof airfield in Albuquerque.
Greetings from sunny warm Albuquerque. The winds were light and the sun was shinning. There a good group of flyers out this morning. Tim, Paul and Baylor came down from Farmington NM to maiden a few planes. While I was there , Tim...
JSCRCC Swap Meet
On March 13, 2021, The Johnson Space Center Radio Control Club (JSCRCC) held a swap meet at the Texas City RC Club field. It was a joint effort between the two clubs and was well attended with great weather and plenty of merchandise for sale. Some of the...
ARCC Club Meeting at the field
Howdy from sunny Albuquerque. Last summer ARCC got together for a club meeting and auction. The auction was for Stan Johnson's son. He was sick and needed some help. The club members brought some planes out and we auctioned them off. After all was said and done, we...
Hobby Shops
In Alvarado a old time hobby shop is a must stop. 6033 E. Hwy 67 phone number 817-790-8824. Bobby Sellers is the owner.
Cajun Heli-Fest 2021
The 11th. Annual Cajun Heli-Fest was held this weekend at RAMS in Crowley, Louisiana. It would have been the 12th. Annual but Covid 19 cancelled last years event. Around thirty anxious pilots showed up and camped at the field. The weather was great, the grass was...
Snow flying inTEXAS
Getting in the cold to do some ski flying. Great time. Snow flying looks like fun Bill Milam 114th Aero Squadron Grapevine Texas
Future is looking bright!
2021 is gearing up to be a full calendar of events throughout our region. I hope to travel more this year and attend more events. Please send me your flyer so I can get it on our district website. Closer to home Pampa is looking at having a Swap Meet March 6th, IMAC...
Mike Pennell passed—Tulsa Glue Dobbers
AMA District 8 member passes Oklahoma Standout Guy Thanks Bill Holland for letting us know. we lost a great guy Monday. Mike Pennell passed away unexpectedly on Monday. He was the long standing President and spark plug of the Tulsa Glue Dobbers. Mike was an...