Air Forces Commanders

Air Forces Commanders

President - WMWA

Cadet Dean Di Giorgio
313 US HWY 206N
Chester, NJ 07930
Tel: 973-384-7084 IcemanJR92@aol.com It was 1976 when I first took an interest in model aviation. I was 5 years old! For a long time I was limited to cleaning off the glow fuel on my father's models, but I managed to solo at the age of 8. Age 10 brought some new aircraft's and new challenges. I flew pattern for a few years until I discovered my true passion! I soon learned that Giant Scale would become my modeling obsession and part time career. I have been flying Giant Scale Warbirds ever since, and I continue to grow my fleet of Warbirds.

WMWA Vice President

P. J. Ash
501 Darby Creek Rd
Lexington, KY 40509

lovetoflyguy@msn.com

I’m a qualified commercial pilot who has been flying RC for 17 years. I’ve been building and flying scale warbirds for about 10 years now and see no signs of stopping! Every time I build and/or fly my scale warbird, it gives me joy to know that in my own little way, I’m preserving the part of history that I love.

WMWA Treasurer

Cadet Dean Di Giorgio
313 US HWY 206N
Chester, NJ 07930
Tel: 973-384-7084 IcemanJR92@aol.com

Secretary & Editor - Wings of Eagles

Ed Irons
7100 Cottonwood Drive
Grant FL 32949
Tel: (321)724-0584
eirons@harris.com Ed Irons became seriously interested in RC airplanes in 1990. Ed is an avid flyer of both Scale and Open Class "B" Combat. Ed has lived in Florida since 1964 and is actively involved in his club, the Indian River Kontrol Society out of Melbourne Fl. Ed also started the WMWA wing JagdVerbande 7 (JV7). If you can't tell, Ed's favorite aircraft are German WWII Luftwaffe aircraft. Current projects are a Great Planes JU-87 Stuka, a 1/5th scale FW 190D9 and a Platt ME-109G.

Air Force I: ME VT NH MA CT NY NJ PA MD DE WV VA OH KY IN RI MI

Tony Gagliardi
101 Hillside Avenue
No. Providence, RI 02911
Tel: 401-353-5919
tonyg_02911@yahoo.com Tony is the CIC of the NE Coastal Command, 1st composite Squadron. He is a retired school teacher, and an avid scale Warbird builder and flyer. He holds a private pilots license and a Retired Lt. Co. in the US Army Reserves.

Air Force II: NC SC TN GA AL MS FL PR

Col. Gene “Deke” Monroe
4218 Harbor Lake Drive
Lutz, FL 33558
Phone: 813-948-4350
Fax: 813-949-7614
Email: dekester@verizon.net
Gene “Deke” Monroe is a life long resident of Tampa, Florida.
He was first exposed to R/C modeling at the age of fourteen and has been
involved off and on until present. He is also an avid plastic model builder
and attributes a lot of his detailing ability to that. Deke has been an award winning Residential Architect for twenty-five years along with spending four years in professional football, and is a current member of the NFL Alumni.
He is also known as the “evil plane doer” as most of his projects involve WWI and WWII Axis aircraft. He was also the Secretary of his home field club for four years, the Bay City Flyers, which also hosts the annual WMWA Fighter Town Military Fly-In event every October with Deke as the CD.
His current projects include a Meister Scale Dora and a Glenn Torrance Fokker DVIII. His ultimate project? A WWII German twin engine bomber.

Air Force III: WI IL MO IA MN ND SD NE KS CO

Bill Pollack
8672 Iris Street
Alvada, CO 80005
Tel: 303-425-0828
threeairforce@attbi.com Bill is a long time member of the WMWA. He is the CIC and founder of the 38th Composite Wing. A member of the AMA for 30+years. Bill holds a BS in Visual Design. A graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Arvada Associated Modelers and the Longmont Aircraft Modelers Assoc.

Air Force IV AR LA TX OK NM

Jim D. Marshall
PO Box 9092
Mission, TX 78572
Tel: 956-585-3581
Email: JmarshQ52@aol.com A retired University and Public school Educator, who now has become a Citrus farmer. He is a past president and current member of the Tejas RC Big Bird Assoc. and he has been building and designing flying models since 1945. He is an assistant VP for the AMA in District VIII, and has competed in Free Flight and Control Line Scale. After his Military stint in the US Army, he went on to compete in RC Racing, Pattern and Scale. In 1988 he decided to become involved with "Big Birds". In addition to all this, Jim is a member of the Confederate Air Force, involved in restoring aircraft of the WWII era.

Air Force V WA OR ID MT WY AL

Vacant

Air Force VI: CA NV UT AZ HI

John Elliot, Jr.
802 Knoxville Avenue, Apt C
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Tel: 714-960-7742
John Elliot, Jr., needs no introduction to those of us who have been playing with R/C airplanes longer than we should admit! John is a long time veteran of the R/C industry, having worked for Cox and Orbit. He is currently the Manager of Customer Services for Airtronics in Anaheim, CA. He had a long time association with Model Builder Magazine and he currently serves as the Safety Director for the IMAA. A Member of the Scale Squadron of California and a great supporter of the WMWA.

Founder of the World Miniature Warbird Assn.

Dino Di Giorgio
(1937-2003)
Photo Album - Dino and Friends

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President - WMWA
	Cadet Dean Di Giorgio 313 US HWY 206N Chester, NJ 07930 Tel: 973-384-7084 IcemanJR92@aol.com	It was 1976 when I first took an interest in model aviation. I was 5 years old! For a long time I was limited to cleaning off the glow fuel on my father's models, but I managed to solo at the age of 8. Age 10 brought some new aircraft's and new challenges. I flew pattern for a few years until I discovered my true passion! I soon learned that Giant Scale would become my modeling obsession and part time career. I have been flying Giant Scale Warbirds ever since, and I continue to grow my fleet of Warbirds.

WMWA Vice President
	P. J. Ash 501 Darby Creek Rd Lexington, KY 40509 lovetoflyguy@msn.com	I’m a qualified commercial pilot who has been flying RC for 17 years. I’ve been building and flying scale warbirds for about 10 years now and see no signs of stopping! Every time I build and/or fly my scale warbird, it gives me joy to know that in my own little way, I’m preserving the part of history that I love.

WMWA Treasurer
Cadet Dean Di Giorgio 313 US HWY 206N Chester, NJ 07930 Tel: 973-384-7084 IcemanJR92@aol.com

Secretary & Editor - Wings of Eagles
	Ed Irons 7100 Cottonwood Drive Grant FL 32949 Tel: (321)724-0584 eirons@harris.com	Ed Irons became seriously interested in RC airplanes in 1990. Ed is an avid flyer of both Scale and Open Class "B" Combat. Ed has lived in Florida since 1964 and is actively involved in his club, the Indian River Kontrol Society out of Melbourne Fl. Ed also started the WMWA wing JagdVerbande 7 (JV7). If you can't tell, Ed's favorite aircraft are German WWII Luftwaffe aircraft. Current projects are a Great Planes JU-87 Stuka, a 1/5th scale FW 190D9 and a Platt ME-109G.

Air Force I: ME VT NH MA CT NY NJ PA MD DE WV VA OH KY IN RI MI
	Tony Gagliardi 101 Hillside Avenue No. Providence, RI 02911 Tel: 401-353-5919 tonyg_02911@yahoo.com	Tony is the CIC of the NE Coastal Command, 1st composite Squadron. He is a retired school teacher, and an avid scale Warbird builder and flyer. He holds a private pilots license and a Retired Lt. Co. in the US Army Reserves.

Air Force II: NC SC TN GA AL MS FL PR
	Col. Gene “Deke” Monroe 4218 Harbor Lake Drive Lutz, FL 33558 Phone: 813-948-4350 Fax: 813-949-7614 Email: dekester@verizon.net	Gene “Deke” Monroe is a life long resident of Tampa, Florida. He was first exposed to R/C modeling at the age of fourteen and has been involved off and on until present. He is also an avid plastic model builder and attributes a lot of his detailing ability to that. Deke has been an award winning Residential Architect for twenty-five years along with spending four years in professional football, and is a current member of the NFL Alumni. He is also known as the “evil plane doer” as most of his projects involve WWI and WWII Axis aircraft. He was also the Secretary of his home field club for four years, the Bay City Flyers, which also hosts the annual WMWA Fighter Town Military Fly-In event every October with Deke as the CD. His current projects include a Meister Scale Dora and a Glenn Torrance Fokker DVIII. His ultimate project? A WWII German twin engine bomber.

Air Force III: WI IL MO IA MN ND SD NE KS CO
	Bill Pollack 8672 Iris Street Alvada, CO 80005 Tel: 303-425-0828 threeairforce@attbi.com	Bill is a long time member of the WMWA. He is the CIC and founder of the 38th Composite Wing. A member of the AMA for 30+years. Bill holds a BS in Visual Design. A graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Arvada Associated Modelers and the Longmont Aircraft Modelers Assoc.

Air Force IV AR LA TX OK NM
	Jim D. Marshall PO Box 9092 Mission, TX 78572 Tel: 956-585-3581 Email: JmarshQ52@aol.com	A retired University and Public school Educator, who now has become a Citrus farmer. He is a past president and current member of the Tejas RC Big Bird Assoc. and he has been building and designing flying models since 1945. He is an assistant VP for the AMA in District VIII, and has competed in Free Flight and Control Line Scale. After his Military stint in the US Army, he went on to compete in RC Racing, Pattern and Scale. In 1988 he decided to become involved with "Big Birds". In addition to all this, Jim is a member of the Confederate Air Force, involved in restoring aircraft of the WWII era.

Air Force V WA OR ID MT WY AL
	Vacant

Air Force VI: CA NV UT AZ HI
	John Elliot, Jr. 802 Knoxville Avenue, Apt C Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Tel: 714-960-7742	John Elliot, Jr., needs no introduction to those of us who have been playing with R/C airplanes longer than we should admit! John is a long time veteran of the R/C industry, having worked for Cox and Orbit. He is currently the Manager of Customer Services for Airtronics in Anaheim, CA. He had a long time association with Model Builder Magazine and he currently serves as the Safety Director for the IMAA. A Member of the Scale Squadron of California and a great supporter of the WMWA.

Founder of the World Miniature Warbird Assn. Dino Di Giorgio (1937-2003) Photo Album - Dino and Friends