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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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Seeing an old Friend and F1C innovator ? USA Indoor Nationals in Arizona Seeing an old Friend and F1C innovator ? From: Mike Fantham In the F1C video from SM, did I spot Leonid Fuseev doing a piece to camera and flying a (Babenko?) folder? USA Indoor Nationals in Arizona From:Don DeLoach Don't forget to pre-enter for the Indoor Nationals! Contest is May-June 2. http://nats.modelaircraft.org/register/...

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70th Annual Inter-City Meet Brodersen FAI Challenge Old Friends from Russia Editor’s Comments on Russian Reports Detroit Balsa Bugs 70th Annual Inter-City Meet June 15th & 16th, 2019 AMA Field – Muncie, Indiana America’s Cup         Saturday, June 15 FAI (JSO Combined)        F1A, F1B, F1C/F1P, F1Q 7 – 1 ½  hour rounds, ½ hr. overlap starting at 8:00 a.m. 3 min. max., weather...

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More From Russia DT Fly Off Local So Cal News Lost Hills Perris CHARLIE PRIMBS More from Russia From Ron Felix Hi Roger, Since Ismet Yurtseven left Nartkala before F1C took place, and thus would not have obtained this information, I thought I would send you the results from this event.   The spread sheet is from the organizers recent posting on their Russian website.  I...

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A View from the Store The Search THE 2019 FREE FLIGHT FORUM REPORT- IT’S A BUMPER ISSUE Helping Out A View from the Store It's ALL depending on demand. I've been in the Hobby biz since 1971 and let me tell you that the F/F sales are    -0 (minus zero) Lately even the R/C stuff has been difficult to sell with all the cheap...

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Where is Bezos when you need him USFFC Where is Bezos when you need him From: Ross Jahnke   Roger, Purchasing free flight equipment and supplies is very challenging, compared to the purchase of other items in todays marketplace. Read facebook free flight posts and you see all sorts of enquiries about where to get thus-and-such. I am putting together an F1Q and have had...