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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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FFQ#70 has appeared, appeal for "Wake-Up" plan AMA events at the Ike – updated Nelson Glow Plugs at Fab Feb   FFQ#70 has appeared, appeal for "Wake-Up" plan From:Sergio The new issue of Free Flight Quarterly has appeared, with a wide variety of articles, including biographies of Roy Marquardt and the great New Zealander  FF competitor and designer Paul Lagan, who died last year. You...

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2018 Am Cup Final Report FAI Rubber pre-order announcement U.S. Team Selection Program Participants Fab Feb 5 by 5 America’s Cup results table 2018 Am Cup Final Report From: Jim Parker What a great year of FAI FF competition in North America this year. Ken Bauer had a wonderful year in making the USA F1A team by winning the first day of the Team Selection...

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2019 Max Men Flyer Fab Feb Roomy needed 2019 I suppose we should have made some wise and thoughtful editorial for 2019 but we were off getting ready for a contest so did not do it. We have made some observations and other have written in NFFS publications and the like about how we can use social media to promote free flight.  People only take...

sen 2523

World Cup Kaptains, Komplaints and Kerfuffle Fab Feb Flashe$ Clas Hagelstam organiser World Cup Kaptains, Komplaints and Kerfuffle Firstly the good news …. If you got to the link below you can see the (revised)  results of the 2019 World Cup for Free Flight model aircraft. http://www.freeflightnews.org.uk/wcup/WC18/WCP18F1.HTM The above report link to an important document about the running of the World Cup events in 2018. The...

sen 2522

A word from the Fab Feb Score Keeper AMA events at the Ike USA Team Selection - Multiple Contests Hybrid Idea America’s Cup Organizers A Magic Word A word from the Fab Feb FAI Score Keeper We have noticed that a number of people have not included their FAI on their entries.  Any regular participant in World Cup or World Champ Events will have a...