Hello June. As I am writing this, the future is more uncertain than I have ever experienced! As I have previously noted, I am writing this nearly two months ahead of publication. For this month it is the evening of March 31 and the only thing on TV news is corona-virus, and the most depressing is the experts don’t think that this will peak for another few weeks. I pray that by the time you are reading this, things will be returning to normal—if they can ever be normal again.
This month, I only received one submission, therefore, I will share more pictures. This was submitted by Kevin L. Cox Sr. of the Phantom Flyers RC Club in Saint Charles, Missouri.
September 28-29, 2019, was the club’s 62nd annual Pattern Contest. The members and their spouses go out of their way to make the visitors feel as though they are part of the club!
As the club’s editor/photographer I try to capture the energy of the event. As an RC pilot, I have a lot of respect for the effort and long practice sessions that take place for each of the contestants throughout the season to stay competitive.
Because of the corona-virus pandemic, I expect submissions to be nonexistent because of canceled events. Therefore, I am making the following request. Send me a short write-up and a few pictures from one of your club’s events from last year. Heck, it doesn’t even need to be a club event! It could be a short write-up about your club and pictures from the flying and camaraderie during a weekend gathering.
Remember, to see your club in the magazine, simply send me a submission by email to amadistrictVI@modelaircraft.org with the word “magazine” in the subject line.
To this point, I have put every submission received into the magazine. I promise to continue doing that even if I am drowning in submissions!
I will end by asking you to introduce someone to model aviation, whether it is on a buddy box or on your simulator!
Gary Himes
Vice President District VI