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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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No Super Max No Years of talk 2020 Bob White Memorial Max Men International Kiwi Cup FAI events No Super Max No From: Michael J Woodhouse No a thousand times no! How to kill the contest in one hit. The old super max idea. Again NO!!!! Michael J Woodhouse Editor’s comment : this refers to the suggestion to have a very long ( i.e. not readily...
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NFFS 2020 Call for Papers Two Ideas Online Entries for Fab Feb 2020 Travel with Evgeny Some anti-performance ideas … and Weighty matters NFFS 2020 Call for Papers Authors are needed for the 53th edition of the NFFS Symposium. Papers on all aspects of free flight are welcome. Many years ago the old Model Airplane News published an article entitled “After You, Alphonse.” It was...
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Eugene Verbitsky Remembering Verbitsky Verbitskiy Evgeny died today Old Friend Both sides are right Should have Clipped the wings performance question The Hammer and the Feather Patterson Results Calm at Old Blighty F1B models and parts for sale Eugene Verbitsky From: gilbert morris The passing of Eugene Verbitsky marks the end of an era of extraordinary model airplane advancement. During the golden years of his dominance he chased others...
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Evgeny Verbytsky Nats 2020 dates set Every Country is different Restrict flights to size of field Skill or Skin The view from an allegedly wet and windy place Pan Am in February 2020 Evgeny Verbytsky Free Flight of Ukraine group published a sad news. --- It is with great sadness that we announce that today in the 83rd year of life died the outstanding, world-famous...
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Performance question Performance conversation performance question from Bernard Guest Dear SEN readers, I would like to broach the topic of performance once again …. we in the FAI world do seem to have a performance problem. Our models get high and the best of them can do over 7 minutes in fly-off conditions. The results is huge fly offs (huge in terms of numbers of...