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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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FAI News CIAM Bureau message News from AMA Molex Pico Blade EAD  and us FAI News From: Ian Kaynes To organisers of F1 World Cup competitions The message below has been issued following the decisions at a CIAM Bureau meeting. The World Cup has been suspended until May 10 and will be reviewed again in April. For all the F1 events within the period up to...

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Swedish Moose Cup -21 World Cup Start Delayed Swedish Moose Cup -21 From:Per Findahl I'm sorry to announce that we will not be able to run Swedish Moose cup (In march) this year. CIAM has delayed the start of the world cup to may, and also it is still very difficult to travel with all restrictions. I hope we can be back in 2022. Per...

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Fast Q Confusion FAST Q or SLOW Q I like the Kv rating Latest CIAM Flyer is out Fast Q Confusion We must apologize if we have inadvertently created any confusion around Fast Q.  We used this term because it kind of described what some people wanted.  It was not necessarily saying that the current F1Q rules should be replaced.  From much of the correspondence ...

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Fast Q and R/C and FF Compared Volunteers for the 2021 US Outdoor Free Flight Nationals (July 25-29, 2021) Q for the World Champs World Q vs Fast Q Fast Q and R/C and FF Compared Volunteers for the 2021 US Outdoor Free Flight Nationals (July 25-29, 2021) Q for the World Champs View this email in your browser Fast Q and R/C and FF...

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Champion Q,S and whaterever on the FB Fast Q   Championship  Q,S and whaterever on the FB Recently there have been a few streams of discussion on the FaceBook about various aspect of electric. And with the exception of one challenge for E-36/F1S duel at dawn the conversation has been polite and constructive and I hope educational for some new comer.  One was about getting...