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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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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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USA 2020 Finals are Postponed - comments Magic, Mysteries and Android Kudos to ken In the press USA 2020 Finals are Postponed - comments Following the announcement in the last SEN about postponing the USA Team Selection we got some comments. We will summarize them here. People thanked the TSC for making this decision now. People suggested that they could be move to the Fab...
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USA Team Selection Update USA 2020 Finals are Postponed From: William Booth Good Evening Everyone, It probably does not come as a great surprise that the Free Flight Team Selection Committee has decided to postpone the 2020 Finals. Free Flight by its very nature is pretty well geared to social distancing and the logistics of running the meet were not a big factor. Certainly some...
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Tip Launch Glider Experiments So how many milli-amp hours you really have? Tip Launch Glider Experiments From:Ken Bauer Recently Paul Love started studying his TLG launches by making slow motion videos. This started an email discussion between Paul, Stan Buddenbohm, Kurt Krempetz and myself. I have also done many TLG experiments over the years and I jumped back into it and started making more videos...
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Tanget Contest Flash Tangent contest flash: Our AMA and double FAI contests are scheduled for August 21-23 in beautiful Tangent Oregon . The WMC has a list of Covid guidelines for the field and we ask all who attend to follow these protocols. The NW FAI Challenge will be run the same as is has been in the past while the Tangent Classic will be...
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More on the Summer Contest FAI Contests - Detroit at Muncie More on the Summer Contest From:Fred Terzian Additional Comments on Walt's Summer Contest + Henry Feistal's 27 minute-plus Flight! Walt ran a great contest considering the high temperatures that may have changed the outcome of a larger turnout. Flying was very low key and social distancing was practiced with no significant issues. Bud Romak...