
Lawrence Harville
AMA District-8 Vice President
AMA District VIII Serving TX, OK, LA, NM, AR
District VIII News and Information Blog Posts
Permian Basin Model Aircraft Club
Picture taken by Parker Rathbun. Pilot is Garret Rathbun This was our Indoor event held at the CAF hanger held in Midland, TX Feb 5-7 Wayne Wagner Permian Basin Model Aircraft Club
TAKE OFF AND GROW GRANT TAG
Get your club to apply TAG GRANTS are easily avaliable http://www.amaflightschool.org/programs/take-off-and-grow
Spring Float Fly
River City Radio Control Club Go have some Float fly fun San Antonio April 16-18 2021. for the RIVER CITY SPRING FLOAT FLY. lots of fun.
Ed Couch Texas Scale Championships 2021
the ED COUCH Texas Scale Championships 2021 If possible print and post at your flying site--and send to your club newsletter September 11-12, 2021, Sponsored by the Greater Southwest Aeromodelers, Hurst, Texas. The ED COUCH TEXAS SCALE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Some of the...
Max Blose AMA HALL OF FAME 2020
In September we Honored Max Blose who was selected into the AMA Hall of Fame. He joins a VERY SELECT group of 342 HOF members only 17 are from District VIII. Max started flying in 1945, wrote several Magazine articles, designed and kitted many types of planes. A...
Pete Darter Fly In & Swap Meet
Pete Darter Fly In & Swap Meet Saturday November 7, 9:00 am ~ 3:00
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
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.









