South-East 2008 CONTEST & EVENT CALENDAR

 

March 15         SAM 59 Harbor Freight Electric, SAM Two-Bit Rubber Contest. Simpson Sod Farm, 8 am til 4 pm. Batteries provided  for 1 minute motor run. Carl Bakay 800-676-7302, carl.bakay@scientificdrilling.com

 

April 19            SAM 59 Club Old Time Gas, 8 oz New & Old Wakefield.  Simpson Sod Farm. 8 am til 4 pm. CD To Be Announced.

 

May 10            SAM 59 Classic Wakefield Event, 4 oz and 8 oz combined. Simpson Sod Farm. Saturday 8 am til 4 pm. CD Jim Bethea, 985-373-2088, jbethea@charter.net. (Moved to 2nd Saturday due to HOD Meet)

 

May 17,18       Model Airplane Club of Huntsville hosts the Heart of Dixie Free Flight Championship, Navy Site 8A, Pensacola, FL. AMA Gas, Classic Power, OT Rubber, Commercial Rubber, Moffett, Classic Glider, F1D Coupe, Gollywocks Galore, and more. Tom Hepler CD, 256-350-9263. BuzzardBombshell @aol.com

 

June 14,15      Pensacola FF Team hosts the McLaughlin SE Model Airplane Championship, The Fiesta of Five Flags Contest. Pensacola Navy Site 8A. Featuring AMA, SAM and FAI events.

George White Contest Director. 850-473-0866, white76@cox.net

Eddie Vanlandingham FAI Events CD 817-478-2648,  Mike Midkiff, FAC Events CD 817-428-81551

 

June 28           ?          SAM 59 AMA/FAC Scale, Vince Burton Challenge. Simpson Sod Farm. 8 am til 4 pm. Date approx., CD To Be Announced.

 

July 5,6           Dixie Nationals, sponsored by the Florida Modelers Association,  Palm Bay Florida, AMA, FAI, SAM and NFFS Nostalgia events. Saturday 7 am til 4 pm, Sunday 7 am til Noon. CD TBA.

July 16-19       Flying Aces Club National Competition, Geneseo, New York, Lin Reichel, CD

August 4-8       AMA FF Nationals, AMA Flying Site, Muncie, IN. For info www.modelaircraft.org/events

                        Be sure and stop by the NFFS table for some freebies from Carl Bakay, your Membership Guy.

 

September 7-12          SAM Champs 2008, AMA Flying Site, Muncie, IN. 4 oz & 8 oz Wakefield, Large & Small Rubber Cabin, Large & Small Rubber Stick, Commercial Rubber, Twin Pusher, Jimmie Allen, A, B & C Pylon, A, B & C Gas Fuselage, ˝ A, A, B & C Nostalgia, Tomboy, Towline Glider, much more.

                        Entry Forms send SASE to Registrar Carl Bakay, 118 Gentry Circle, Lafayette, LA 70508-6326

 

October 11-13 PFFT Gathering of the Turkeys, Navy Site 8A, Pensacola, FL. George White CD. 850-473-0866, white76@cox.net.

 

November 8-9 The Cloudclimbers of SAM 59 host the 2008Gulf States Annual. At Pensacola Navy Site 8A.

            3 SAM events – Small Stick/Cabin, Large Stick/Cabin, ABC OT Gas Ignition

3 FAC events – Jumbo/Giant Scale, WWII Mass Launch, OT Rubber

2 AMA events – HLG, P-30. plus Special Event ˝ A Anything Gas FF

Vince Burton Challenge/ Longest Flight of the Day

$20 entry flies any or all events. Doug Petty, 916 Durnin Dr., Denham Springs, LA 70726,

For info, call  225-667-3849  SBPetty@cox.net

November 8-9 PFFT Model of the Year Competion, Navy Site 8A, Pensacola, Florida, coinciding with Gulf States Annual, above. Featuring any version of the Gollywock. Cash prizes. Paul Grabski, CD 850-475-2297

Dec 29,30,31  FMA hosts the 55th King Orange International, Palm Bay Florida. Bob Schuettler CD, 863-655-3242.

 

Any corrections, additions, please notify Carl Bakay. My contact info is on the masthead on Page 1. Thanks!