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Free Flighters, I am writing to keep you informed about the recent proposal involving the potential sale of the Academy of Model Aeronautics property in Muncie, Indiana. From our limited knowledge the proposal would sell the NATS flying field, AMA HQ and the museum to be used for a data center. Importantly the executive committee has signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).   An NDA is...

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Indoor - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wBhMys2rkw69Tyo-YCDWYa0yOhZkxh2pohGSAMY0aIw/edit?gid=1194412114#gid=1194412114   Outdoor - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT4WDXQ4BQh_bS_ShEvCzMyiwxmE81WVfoVmX70cvPlzDN1nbVMu1sBJ7K87K_upD3mR2mYNNWalF6o/pubhtml?gid=379879557&single=true  

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Art Ellis From Andrew Barron Dear Free Flight Friends, I am sharing the sad news of the passing of Art Ellis on June 2.    He is greatly missed. TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR ELLIS (April 29, 1949 to June 2, 2026) Art was a hugely impactful educator and sportsman.  First we are inspired by his early years in football, competitive sailing and sailing instrumentation from the 1960s...

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Fab Feb Questions and Answers Fab Feb World Cup Updates. We have received more questions about the Fab Feb contests in 2022. Firstly, the details for 2022 have not been confirmed yet and there are some outstanding issues we are working on. But here is some information. In particular the exact dates of the events have not been confirmed and the sanctions have not been...

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What are D changes ? Jnr P back to J 2021 San Valeer's 33rd All Nostalgia Annual results What are D changes ? What are the proposals for the rule changes in F1D? Editor's Comment No one saying there are changes, there might be, it is just changing they are possible Jnr P back to J From:Michael Achterberg F1p proposal.  Since it's long history has...

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CIAM Submissions CIAM Submission - everyone Rule changes for F1D, F1P, F1Q, F1N and provisional classes eligible for change at the up coming CIAM 2022 Plenary  you need to get them you local NAC (National Aero Club) right away as time is short.  Each country has a different process before the CIAM meetings. In recent SEN we have noticed people complaining about the sporting code...

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20- 20 Hindsight 2021 FAI FF AmCup Report--- 3 contest to go Back Off 20- 20 Hindsight Part of the recent confusion around altimeters is due to people not being up to date on the Sporting Code and part is due to the current global supply chain issues combined with a single source supplier. Perhaps when there is a change proposed for the sporting code...

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3 All-Tee or rather Certified Altimeter  Items Skyscrapers apparel 3 All-Tee or rather Certified Altimeter  Items These Items are from the All-Tee group on Face Book. On this group there is quite a lot of discussion. This include three items that the SEN editor considers to be of the most importance. They are 1. Current availability of the All-Tee and possible mitigation 2. Description of...