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2A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, September 21,2022
NGMA draws crowds with annual Extreme Fun Fest
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
This past weekend, doz
ens of spectators and model
aircraft pilots flocked to the
North Georgia Model
Aviators’ airstrip in
Dawson County to partici
pate in the club’s annual
Extreme Fun Fest Airshow.
The event lasted from
Friday Sept. 16 through
Sunday Sept. 18 and fea
tured some of the best
model aircraft pilots from
around the world flying
model aircraft of all shapes,
sizes and difficulty levels.
According to North
Georgia Model Aviators
(NGMA) President TJ
Klise, the turnout of both
pilots and spectators to this
year’s event was “fantas
tic”.
“It’s absolutely incredi
ble,” Klise said. “We’ve got
38 or 39 registered pilots
today, we’ve got the
Extreme Flight demo team
here so they’ll be doing
demos once we start serv
ing lunch and team demos
which will be great.”
The event was sponsored
by Extreme Flight RC and
Horizon Hobby, both of
whom contributed prizes to
the raffle that was held on
Saturday. According to
Extreme Flight RC
President Chris Hinson, he
and his team are excited to
have gotten to partner with
the NGMA group on the
event once again this year.
“They put on a couple
special events out here
every year to draw the pub
lic in and just get more
exposure for the hobby and
for the club, so we’ve been
fortunate to participate in
that and be a sponsor for it
for the past several years,”
Hinson said. “We get a
bunch of our team guys
from around Georgia,
sometimes from out of
state, and show off our
planes and what they’ll do
for the community.”
Hinson, who began fly
ing remote controlled air
craft when he was five
years old, said that he’s
always been interested in
the hobby.
“My dad was a naval avi
ator so I was around air
planes since I was bom and
just always had a passion
for it,” Hinson said.
This is Extreme Flight
RC’s 20th year in business,
and the goal of the hobby
shop is to share this love
and passion for remote
control planes with other
people, he said.
“This is our 20th year in
business, so we’re celebrat
ing, had a couple special
events and built a couple
special planes for it,”
Hinson said. “We manufac
ture radio control planes of
various sizes and various
styles, and have a lot of
them out here today.”
For those interested in
learning more about remote
control aircraft and getting
started in the hobby,
Hinson said that reaching
out to the North Georgia
Model Aviators is a great
start.
“The best thing you can
do is reach out to the club
here,” Hinson said. “We
Will Jones for the Dawson County News
Above, pilots fly model aircraft during the North Georgia Model Aviators
Extreme Flight airshow on Saturday, Sept. 17. Below, model aircraft sit
awaiting takeoff at the airshow on Saturday, Sept. 17.
Obituaries
ROY (ROE)
DANIEL WILSON,
SR
September 6, 2022
Roy (Roe) Daniel Wilson,
Sr. went to be with Jesus
on September 6, 2022, fol
lowing an extended illness.
Roe was born in
Dawsonville, GA on April
12, 1944, and lived in
Cuthbert, GA for the past
twenty years. Roe made
the finest whiskey in North
Georgia until he was 32
years old. He drove a truck
for a living and drove over
a million miles. Roe was of
the Baptist faith, and he
loved the Lord and his fam
ily. He enjoyed hunting,
fishing, watching westerns
and listening to Gospel
Music. Roe had a lot of
integrity, was honorable,
respectful, and hard work
ing. He will be terribly
missed by his son, Andy,
who was his full-time care
giver and best friend.
Roe was proceeded in
death by his father, Willie
Wilson, mother, Ollie
Wilson, brothers, Bill
Wilson, George Wilson,
Jimmy Wilson, sister,
Dorothy Faye (Sue)
Thurmond, and loving com
panion, Weasel.
Roe is survived by brother,
Chuck Wilson of
Gainesville, GA and sister,
Bernice (Sis) Burt of Foley,
AL. He also is survived by
Barbara Wilson and chil
dren, Dan Wilson of
Dawsonville, GA, Robby
and Rebecca (Wilson)
McGinnis of Cumming, GA,
Andy and Lori Wilson of
Cuthbert, GA.
Grandchildren, Courtney
and David Hunnicutt, Tyler
and Lauren McGinnis,
Amanda and Kyle Hanson,
Amber Voyles, Kadi and
Daniel Elliott, Cassidy
Wilson, Morgan and
Payton Smith. Great grand
children, Gracen, Bret,
Rylee, Baylee Grace,
Camila, Theo, Daxton,
Bryer, Logan and expecting
three. He is also survived
by his sweet rescue boy,
Bimbo and nieces and
nephews and other family
members.
A memorial service will be
held in North Georgia and
Cuthbert at a later time.
LUNSFORD FUNERAL
HOME
CUTHBERT, GA 229/732-
2148
Death Notices
Joseph Henry Roof
September 7, 2022
Funeral mass, Friday,
September 16, 2002, 11
o’clock, Christ the
Redeemer Catholic
Church. Bearden Funeral
Home, Dawsonville, GA
has been placed in charge
of arrangements.
Peggy Jean Cash
September 8, 2022
A Celebration of Life will be
held for Ms. Cash at a later
date.
Condolences may be left
online at www.beardenfu-
neralhome.com
Robert S. “Bob”
Krueck
September 15, 2022
Memorial service,
Saturday, September 24,
2022, 11 o’clock, Bearden
Funeral Home Chapel.
Bearden Funeral Home,
Dawsonville, GA.
Vickie Denise
Watts
September 11, 2022
Arrangements by Bearden
Funeral Home,
Dawsonville, GA 30534.
have a really good system
to teach people how to fly
and they can fly on what’s
called a buddy box so
there’s a wire that goes
between two transmitters,
as long as the instructor is
holding a button down the
other guy can fly and if he
gets in trouble he just
releases the button so he
can take over; it saves a lot
of money and time.”
For more information
about the North Georgia
Model Aviators, go to
https: //www. ngmarc. org.
For more information
about Extreme Flight RC,
go to https://extremeflight-
rc.com.
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