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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...

2026 nats scores

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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Results for three summer contests at Wawayanda Walston Receiver case question and some retrieval gear for sale... RMFFC in less than two weeks! Results for three summer contests at Wawayanda From:Andrew Barron Dear Free Flight Friends, Three America's Cup, National Cup contests were held at Barron Field in recent months:  The Hatschek International Challenge May 18-19, 2019, the Skyscraper Annual June 15-16, 2019 and the...

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USA Nationals Links FF EDIC Nelson Glow Plugs at the World Champs National Championship results and Report USA Nationals Links To the daily blogs with extra photo links.  There is also a full report fron Andrew Barron, the CD and the FAI event results later in this SEN https://amablog.modelaircraft.org/nats/category/outdoor-free-flight/ The scores by event (one or two missing when I last looked but they are no...

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2019 Free Flight Oktoberfest. Nats ’19 Brief 2019 Free Flight Oktoberfest. We are about 10 weeks from the WCh! Southern California Aero Team (SCAT and home of SEN) will be hosting a 2019 Free Flight Oktoberfest. We will be supplying free beer, soda and munchies. This will start after all the WCh flying is complete on the reserve day, Monday,Oct 21, likely starting at noon. We will locate in...

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U.S. National Championship WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TIMEKEEPERS Submissions to SEN U.S. National Championship From: Andrew Barron Many free flight flyers are travelling this weekend to attend the National Aeromodeling Championship in Muncie, Indiana, Monday August 5 through Friday August 9. As the contest director I extend a warm welcome. It is the premiere free flight competition for many of the over 60 free flight events of...

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Rubber for Delivery in October Oregon in August Rubber for Delivery in October FAI Model Supply will once again be providing rubber and supplies to all those who *pre-order* for delivery at the Endless October Contests that include the World Championships in Lost Hills, CA.  We have already received a number of orders at this time. If you are interested in ordering items, we ask...