{"id":317,"date":"2016-09-15T16:52:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T16:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-vi\/?p=317"},"modified":"2017-01-25T17:03:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T17:03:36","slug":"ama-district-vi-news-october-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amadistrict-vi\/2016\/09\/15\/ama-district-vi-news-october-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA District VI news October 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past month<\/span>, I was honored to\u00a0attend Jets Over Kentucky, held at\u00a0the Lebanon-Springfield Airport in\u00a0Lebanon, Kentucky. I met up with Bob\u00a0Gautreaux, the Sedalia RC Flyers club\u00a0president, who showed me around and\u00a0introduced me to Lewis Patton, the\u00a0event contest director.<\/p>\n

Lewis has done a great job of\u00a0managing and building this event into\u00a0the premier jet event. I believe there\u00a0were more than 150 registered pilots,\u00a0including the youngest RC jet pilot,\u00a0Jayleigh, there with her Frozen-themed\u00a0jet and her father, Jose Melendez,\u00a0an AMA District V associate vice\u00a0president and sales manager for Jet\u00a0Central USA.<\/p>\n

\"Jayleigh<\/a>
Jayleigh with her Frozen-themed jet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Throughout Wednesday, I kept\u00a0hearing about an SR-71 Blackbird\u00a0that would make an appearance on\u00a0Thursday. I have only seen one other\u00a0RC SR-71 fl y in the past\u2014a twin\u00a0ducted-fan model\u2014at an event called\u00a0the Show Me R\/C Extravaganza,\u00a0held in Jefferson City, Missouri,\u00a0approximately 16 or 17 years ago. It\u00a0was flown by Lance Campbell.<\/p>\n

\"Lance<\/a>
Lance Campbell\u2019s SR-71 Blackbird.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Much to my surprise, on Thursday,\u00a0Lance appeared with his current SR-\u00a071 Blackbird, with twin turbines. It is\u00a0so impressive that last year Lance was\u00a0invited to an SR-71 pilots\u2019 reunion.\u00a0While there, with his Blackbird, many\u00a0of the SR-71 pilots signed the bottom\u00a0of the hatch.<\/p>\n

\"Lewis<\/a>
Lewis Patton (R) and I at the Jets Over\u00a0Kentucky event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you receive the digital edition of\u00a0Model Aviation<\/em>, you can see several\u00a0more photos of this aircraft and others\u00a0that were at the event in my column.\u00a0You can also go to my Flickr account to\u00a0see the good with the bad pictures in\u00a0the shared album of Jets Over Kentucky\u00a0at https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHskEhXjzp.<\/p>\n

\"10-16-01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Recently, many of you may have seen\u00a0that Earl Lawrence, FAA\u2019s Director\u00a0of UAS Integration, provided Dave\u00a0Mathewson and the AMA with a letter\u00a0explaining that, when following the\u00a0guidelines and rules of the AMA, an\u00a0FAA-recognized community-based\u00a0organization, we are allowed to fl y\u00a0our aircraft more than 400 feet above\u00a0ground level.<\/p>\n

He also stressed that the 400-\u00a0foot limit is a recommendation, not\u00a0a regulation, and that the FAA has\u00a0responsibility for the safety of the\u00a0airspace for manned aircraft and the\u00a0FAA may pursue enforcement action\u00a0against model operators who endanger\u00a0the safety of the national airspace.<\/p>\n

The letter can be seen at https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/files\/2016\/07\/FAA-400feet.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is good news for modelers,\u00a0however, we must police ourselves to\u00a0ensure that we don\u2019t interfere with\u00a0manned aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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