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...
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
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...
More World Champs Photos Hummingbird Model Products will be at Fab Feb 2019 Final American Cup Scores and Report The First West Wyalong National Championships Weighty matters More World Champs Photos Photo Album from the Slovenian team Društvo Modelarjev Pomurja https://flickr.com/photos/183006224@N08/albums/72157711685371843 Hummingbird Model Products will be at Fab Feb From: Bernard Guest Hi Sen Master, I Bernard Guest (hummingbird Model Products) will be at Fab...
Reminder 1- Fab Feb 2020 Reminder 2 – FAI Licenses for USA sportsmen Where is the weight located Reminder 1- Fab Feb 2020 The Sign Up for the FAI events is at https://forms.gle/eYWwE6Ds3xN435Jn9 Because of the number of participants and the organization required you must enter for the FAI events in advance. You do NOT pay until you arrive at Lost Hills. Fab Feb 2020 -...
Weather observation - Windy and Wunderground Weight no Flag yes Eloy Southwest Regionals 2020 Weather observation - Windy and Wunderground For many years we used the Wunderground web site for flying weather, particularly at Lost Hills. It had the sites at Blackwells Corner and Paramount Farming aka The Wonderful Company airstrip. They disappeared for some unknown reason. For a year or so before the World...
Circumstances Apology FAI 2020 model of the year. Circumstances From:William Shailor With respect to the notion that simply adding weight to the existing air frames for F1A, B and C models is a simple solution, I suggest the opposite would occur. Given increased weight, there’s no question but that added features or functions would be likely, thus increasing the cost and complexity and obsoleting many...
THE 2019 FAI ARIZONA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ELOY, DEC. 7-8 Dreaming ? Interesting Ideas ? Try Simple attempt THE 2019 FAI ARIZONA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ELOY, DEC. 7-8 The weather forecast for our contest had not looked good which resulted in only 3 flyers from other states making the trip to Eloy this year. When I arrived at the Webster West field Friday morning the ground was...