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...
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
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...
Colo(u)red Thinking Latest CIAM Flyer and skills THE 2018 FAI ARIZONA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ELOY, DEC. 1-2 Colo(u)red Thinking From:Chris Edge Santa SEN, In answer to your query in your recent organ I was told that Brown Material Road was named after a store called 'Brown's Materials' (or similar) that used to be sited on that road in the past. The store sold, er, materials for...
The World Champs Web site Lost Hills and Hwy 46 Team China List The World Champs Web site The official AMA World Champs web site is at : https://www.modelaircraft.org/events/fai-2019-f1abc The AMA’s IT dept have just started on it so there is not much information there yet, but that will be the place to go for the official information. In the mean time we have some...
Active Adult Community Are are waiting ? Facebook and Blogs More on Q hardware Fab Feb Fuel Ballot link for NFFS West VP Active Adult Community From:Roger Willis THE RIGHT DEMOGRAPHICS I believe the "right demographics " for growing new builders and flyers should be focused on the Active Adult Communities all over America. We have put together a "How To" booklet on how to...
USA Free Flight Team Official Announcement The Right Demographic? Wings for F1Q Get that space airborne USA Free Flight Team Official Announcement Randy Secor has been approved as the 2019 U. S. Team Manager with Tiffaney O’Dell serving as Assistant Team Manager. Thanks to both of you for stepping up and taking on these vital roles. Under the direction of these two very capable leaders,...
Second life for old style Nordic wings Use the Interweb to get to the right demographic The right demographic ? Adelaide is right on target! Second life for old style Nordic wings From: Aram Schlosberg As (large) Q models have evolve into using geared motors with B props and Nordic sized wings, it turns out that the old styled Carbon D-boxed A wings weighing around...