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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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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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Not the best way to end the competition, but accepted F1ABC E/C blog at Thermiksense has started Sunday morning flights to the ground Not the best way to end the competition, but accepted From: Walt Ghio The information posted on the SCAT web site regarding fly offs has been interesting reading the last few months. I have flown in three DT fly offs and have...
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October at Lost Hills Report of Black Cup Contest at Lost Hills About the Launch Height Reduction Suggestions How about this? Weak Links Again Free Flight Quarterly #68 has appeared Your signature October at Lost Hills We have got some questions about the October FAI schedule at Lost Hills. It appears that a number of potential 2019 World Champs participants have realized that the weather...
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Wind breaks the weak link Bror’s Words In response to Martin More Martin Before you throw stone Wind breaks the weak link. From: john carter Reply to Martin The weak link idea does not work in practice if flying in high winds it’s easy to jerk the model and add a temporary high load when not in launch mode all subject to gusts etc. Jc...
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Just the Weather Nobody Complained Foul weather flyoffs. [D/t] Flyoff from a pile … Jr. World Champs Reporting Just the Weather From:Stuart Darmon Wind, rain, and poor visibility are not exceptional circumstances. They are weather. Nobody Complained From:Martin Dilly REDUCED F1 LAUNCH ENERGY I note with interest that so far nobody has raised any objections to my suggestions in a recent SEN regarding limits on...
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D/T Fly Off Thoughts Model performance reduction and model performance measurement Pieter de Boer R.I.P. The German Freeflight Magazine has relaunched it's webpage Swedish Suggestions MMM 14 rounder report D/T Fly Off Thoughts From:Colin Sharman Hi Roger, As a currently ‘retired’ UK F1A flyer, including being an ex British team member and supporter at various Euro and World Champs, I have followed the current and...