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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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For Sale - Thermal Detection System Australian 2019 FF World Championships team 2019 FAI Sporting Code Fab Feb info For Sale - Thermal Detection System From: Roy Summersby WTR – 3   Thermal Detection System   $500 Paper Chart Recorder for the determination of rising air streams. These machines I believe were built and used very successfully by F1C flyer Leonid Fuzeev in Russia. Comes complete with...

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British team for 2019 World Champs Fab Feb Update SEN Update British team for 2019 World Champs From:John Cuthbert Morning Roger, Here is the Great Britain team for the 2019 Free Flight World Championships. F1A.           John Williams,   Richard Jack,   John Cooper. F1B.           Mike Woolner,   Pawel Pietrzak,   Phil Ball. F1C,           Alan Jack,    Mick...

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On Time Accumulation,  for USA Team Selection SWR Entry On Time Accumulation,  for USA Team Selection From: Aram Schlosberg To qualify for the Finals one has to accumulate 75 minutes in contest flying (excluding flyoffs), beginning the year after the Finals till about a month before the next Finals. This amounts to maxing out four contests. The rational for time accumulations is to occupy the...

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Kiwi F1E World Cup - 2019 North American World Cup - 2019 KIWI -     NEW ZEALAND -     F1E WORLD CUP FEBRUARY 11, 2019 THE EIGHTEENTH F1E ISAACSON WINTER CLASSIC PLACE: Holloway Hill, 1.5 miles SE of Bissonette Mirage Field parking, Lost Hills, California - coordinates 35.655°N, 119.787°W. Hill is accessible by car. SCHEDULE: Five (5) SO-minute rounds with 10 minute breaks 9:00 am Arrival on...

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Looking for information on Joe H. Maxwell Kiwi Cup Flyer Looking for information on Joe H. Maxwell From:Rick Pangell To all,Does anyone have any information on Joe H. Maxwell in Stirling, Scotland. He called his firm " Aids for Advanced Aeromodelling". Most people thought that he had several computerized machines to make his wonders in balsa, obeche and hardwood. But in 2001 he wrote a book,...