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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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44th Annual Sierra Cup KOTUKU CUP In the press - NFFS Sympo 2020 44th Annual Sierra Cup An FAI Free Flight America’s Cup Event October 8-12, 2020 Sponsored by the Southern California Aero Team Lost Hills, California, USA Schedule of Events: Thursday, October 8 F1E On the hill starting at 10 AM Peter Brocks is the Contest Director. Saturday, October 10 F1A, F1B, F1C, F1Q,...

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Broken or rather twisted link in SEN 2766 USA Junior team support 2020-MMM-RMFFC-Ruckus Looking for Broken or rather twisted link in SEN 2766 A reader reported that the link to the FAI COVID survey did not work when you clicked on but did if you cut and pasted the link, it looks like we messed up a bit when creating that SEN. So for those...

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Peter King Covid and Free Flight - FAI Survey Harvest Classic Peter King From: Chris Edge · Sorry to report the passing of Peter King, well known to us here as an F1B flyer and theoretician, but professionally as a world-renowned jazz saxophone player. https://londonjazznews.com/2020/08/24/rip-peter-king-1940-2020/ CHE   Covid and Free Flight The good news is that ours, well outdoor FF at least,  is an activity...

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55th Rocky Mountain Free Flight Championships 50th ANNUAL UNITED STATES FREE FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS Teen Torque Update 55th Rocky Mountain Free Flight Championships September 5–7, 2020 Cat. III  Class AAA • Three days of flying on America's largest flying site--22,000 acres • 40+ events in AMA/NFFS/FAI/FAC/SAM Free Flight • $600 in prize money • America's Cup and National Cup "Exempt" • Covid guidelines in effect--your safety...

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Looking for Teeny Torque GTS = George, Taron and Sevak SAN VALEERS 71st ANNUAL & 32th NOSTALGIA ANNUAL Looking for Teeny Torque From: Mike Kirda Looking for a complete Coupe-sized SimpleTorque unit. Used or new is OK. Responses to: Mike Kirda at [email protected] Editor’s Comment,  I think it is called the TeenyTorque GTS = George, Taron and Sevak Some recent postings on FB have shown some...