{"id":209,"date":"2018-03-02T20:48:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T20:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/?p=209"},"modified":"2018-05-02T20:49:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T20:49:54","slug":"ama-district-ix-news-march-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/2018\/03\/02\/ama-district-ix-news-march-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA District IX News March 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This month\u2019s column<\/b>\u00a0is dedicated to those whose live where it is always sunny and warm. Here in District IX, we celebrate all four seasons. If you\u2019re not from around here, it\u2019s really cold in the winter. December usually puts a severe cramp in our flying activities, but not always.<\/p>\n<p>This year, early December was unseasonably warm and dry. Around the area, fliers enjoyed 70<sup>\u00b0<\/sup>\u00a0days and were able to stretch the flying season to more than a month past what they normally do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Farend.schuurman.7%2Fvideos%2F10214099841666418%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=267\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-02.jpg 340w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-02-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the Longmont Area Electric Flyers (LEAF) in Longmont CO, Mark Hertz gets his glider ready to launch at LEAF\u2019s annual New Year\u2019s Frozen Fun Fly on January 1, where it was-3 \u00b0 with some snow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-213 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-03.jpg 522w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-03-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Beresford Area Radio Flying in Beresford SD, Roger Lang (flying), Gary Guthmiller (L), Andrew Jensen enjoy some really nice early December flying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-212 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-04.jpg 522w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-04-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many of the Wyoming fliers, including John Saulsbury of the Casper Air Modelers in Casper WY, have taken on the all-season flier challenge this year in pursuit of the coveted patch offered by the AMA. Early December weather made this pretty easy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211\" style=\"width: 338px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-211 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-05.jpg 338w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-05-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed Ratliff is flying one of his foam board airplanes on New Year\u2019s Day at the Sage Hoppers RC airfield in Gillette WY.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210\" style=\"width: 339px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-06.jpg 339w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-06-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Dorff and his father fly at the Red River Flyers field near Fargo ND.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216\" style=\"width: 341px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-216 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-07.jpg 341w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2018\/05\/ix-151-07-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darren Schwede of the Rapid City Propbusters RC Club in Rapid City SD, is one of the &#8220;I flew at-2 \u00b0&#8221; club at the Frost Your Buns Fly on January 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then the bottom dropped out. Christmas and New Year\u2019s found Mother Nature trying to make up for the gift she gave us earlier. Most of District IX plunged into below zero temperatures and blowing snow.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a summary we\u2019ll call &#8220;December Flying in District IX.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2016\/03\/th-jtiller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-ix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2016\/03\/th-jtiller.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2016\/03\/th-jtiller.jpg 320w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2016\/03\/th-jtiller-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Tiller<br \/>District IX Vice President<br \/>jtiller@hotmail.com\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Tel.: (605) 390-3878<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s column\u00a0is dedicated to those whose live where it is always sunny and warm. Here in District IX, we celebrate all four seasons. 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