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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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F1As’ energy reduction ideas Watching Attempts *Don`t Discourage people** 20s rule and more F1As’ energy reduction ideas By Aram Schlosberg . Allard van Wallene has raised two interesting ideas to reduce the energy transferred by the flyer to an A model. . A 400 square cm flag is has a 20 cm side (7.87”) which rather small. But, large icarex-like flags on the line flutter...
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Arizona FF Championships Don’t Discourage people 20 seconds of History Chill be happy Some (not discouraging) lateral thinking Arizona FF Championships From: Peter Brocks Next weekend, Dec. 7 and 8, the Arizona FAI Free Flight Championships will be held in Eloy, AZ. This is the last America’s Cup contest to collect points for the year 2019. There are also AMA, NFFS and SAM events. On...
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Chris not the only one over the edge on this one -1 Chris not the only one over the edge on this one -2 Second to last 2019 AmCup Scores Chris not the only one over the Edge on this one - 1 From: Leo Reynders Dear SEN readers, About the large fly-offs and the 20 sec rule, I strongly support dropping the 20 sec rule...
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200 second maxes ? TImekeeping and binoculars Talking Timekeeping F1P(s) Wanted 200 second maxes ? By Aram Schlosberg . It seems that many are concerned that flyoff are too large, with at least 50% of the flyers. . A simple tweak would be to increase the 3:00 minute maxes to 3:20 maxes. My experience is that over two or three contests, there was at least...
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“It is the most difficult job I have ever done” Clarifying - Yes use the tech Just try another site motorcycle for sale “It is the most difficult job I have ever done” This is part of a conversation on FB - names abbreviated M what I think is that the F/O timekeepers have to use all of them, the same model of binoculars and...