AMA District III - Ohio, Pennsylvania & West Virginia
District III VP Randy Adams
Model Aviation has been a major part of my life starting in my youth in the late 60s. As with most modelers of my generation, the passion for model aviation started with building rubber powered models, moving into U-control with Cox plastic models and many of the popular profiles sold at the local hobby stores. I also tried my hand at glow powered and free flight.
My grandfather helped me get started into RC in 1970 and I have not looked back.
My particular interest in RC is fixed wing scale and it is focused on early aviation: specifically, WWI and WWII. I have competed and won at the NATS in RC Fixed Wing Scale and other local NASA events. I enjoy building from plans as well as my own designs and have been awarded trophies for my building abilities.
I am a co-sponsor in my local club of a program called RC101. Its purpose is to pass on building techniques used in our hobby. In my early days of RC, I built a few of the commercial electronic kits, which was the impetus of choosing electrical engineering as a career. I have served over the years in a multitude of AMA club positions, i.e. President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer and Safety Officers.
I joined the AMA in the late 70s. In 1984 I formed a local club that was a chapter of the International Miniature Aircraft Association (IMAA). I hold a private pilot certificate with instrument rating, and I have an A&P certificate for a homebuilt. I am a graduate of Indiana State University with a BS in Electronics and Computer Technology. I am a retired engineer with the vast majority of my career as a controls engineer.