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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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Tangent Classic Did you notice Romanian Junket Texas 27th Annual Spring Cup - Sanction #7966 – date Change The perils of flying in high grass 2019 TANGENT CLASSIC FAI MEET August 16th, 2019 F1 ABC& P August 17th, 2019 F1 GHJQ&S THE SAME WEEKEND AS THE WMC  NW Champs FOLLOW THE SIGNS TO THIS YEAR’S FIELD SOUTH OF ALBANY, OR. AMERICA’S CUP POINTS Wayne Drake...

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AFFS CHAMPIONSHIPS & WIDGIEWA CUP 2019 RESULTS for SEN Mike = Dino Address Correction AFFS CHAMPIONSHIPS & WIDGIEWA CUP 2019 RESULTS for SEN From: Phil Mitchell G’Day Roger, Please find attached results from the Antipodes for our 2019 Events the “WIDGIEWA CUP” & “AFFS CHAMPIONSHIPS”. The weather was fine and sunny after a dump of approx. 50mm (That’s 2 inches for US readers…lol) of rain...

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Barron Field Schedule Perris Work Schedules for Hatschek (May 18-19), Sky Annual (June 15-16), and Lacey-Kerr Memorial (July 13-14) From:Andrew Barron Dear Free Flight Friends, Here is the schedule for the FAI, AMA and Nostalgia events at the upcoming contests at Barron Field.  These are the Hatschek International Challenge next week, May 18-19 and the Skyscraper Annual June 15-16 and the Dave Lacey & Tom...

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Rubber for sale Dual Clubs Bonanza Rubber for sale From:Michael Achterberg Hello. I have an extra box of April 16 rubber for sale. Think it has 9.5lbs in box. Have way too much rubber. Very good batch, but have another 5lbs of this plus June16, Sept 16 and July 13 and Mar.17. Anyone interested contact me [email protected]. Thermals, Michael DUAL-CLUBS FREE FLIGHT BONANZA *A National Cup & America’s Cup...

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Al Hotard America’s Cup so far + USA Jnr Team program Casino Cup – get booking Al Hotard Randy Secor, Al’s stepson advised us of Al’s passing.  Al Hotard was the creator of the America’s Cup, a competition similar to the Free Flight World Cup that is for FAI Free Flight competition in North America.  The America’s Cup has been key in promoting FAI Flight...