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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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Noise Solved ? Re: Am Cup Report Kiwi Cup Results Right Engine Noise Solved ? From:Hiding in the desert Roger, problem solved, at least for groovy sounding engine noise.........there must be an app you can play for that! Editor's comment: to play the App you need a smart phone, now I Know F1C World Champ, Taron  has one but the others ? Re: Am Cup...

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About the engine run AmCup Score and Jr Team Scores Corrected Harvest Classic Sunday Score Sheet Revised Ike Flyer About the engine run From:Gene Ulm Roger This f1c issue is an interesting one: engine runs that can not be accurately timed on the objective end and advancing performance on the subjective.   All seems to draw a fair amount of banter energy. Idea: how about forgoing...

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Remembering .... Thanking F1C Timing RESULTS OF HARVEST CLASSIC   Remembering .... From: Jörgen Korsgaard Hi Roger. Perhaps you might bring my humble points concerning Joe H. Maxwell and Pim Ruyter. Hi all FF fans. First I would like to thank you Martin Gregorie for his article about Joe Maxwell. A few years ago I tried to initiate getting him into the NFFS Hall of...

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My  Perfect planks from FB; though this is a nice thank you to Pim Ruyter Patterson My  Perfect planks From:Martin Gregorie The best building boards I've ever had were made by Joe Maxwell and are no longer available : you simply told him wing and tail panel sizes, sections and dihedral. The building boards you got back were very nice indeed, to the extent that the matching ends of...

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NFFS + Science Olympics Building Board Maintenance and Care? Reaching out and More Reaching out further NFFS + Science Olympics See link to this activity we mentioned in a previous SEN https://freeflight.org/join-learn-fly/science-olympiad/ Building Board Maintenance and Care? From:Gregory Stewart One of the best investments I ever made for model-building was buying a home-built building board at one of my then-local hobby shops back in the...