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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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About Fly offs or bust C, Q and traveling-by-air Flying About Fly offs or bust From: Rick Pangell Fly offs or bust Jeff Ellington's reply was insightful... "we both decided to quick DT our airplanes, no one was upset and the contest was decided." This appears to a contestant choice on how to fly, not the CD's.  So, if all of the flyers agreed to DT...

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Sporting Code violations - How bad is BAD? How much Jail Time ? who is the Judge?  which Jury ? Misdemeanor or Felony Fly offs or bust Sporting Code violations From: Leslie Farkas Many of the comments are trying  to emphasize and confirm that we do have a sporting code. We are all aware of this. What we are trying  to discuss is that when serious...

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Antoon van Eldik Salonta Q Story Plan to increase the number of young in F1C , maybe other classes to? Vasily speaks to and for an old friend Editor’s comment Antoon van Eldik From FB Dutch sportsmen report the passing of the popular F1A sportsman, Antoon van Eldik.  Antoon was friends with people from many countries and many have expressed their grief and condolences to...

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At the Equinox DT Flyoffs and Altimeters Flyoff ideas DT-flyoffs expounded Qbserved At the Equinox From: Stuart Darmon Hi Roger, sorry if the DT flyoff theme is dragging on a bit, but it's an important subject, especially now that discussion is beginning to include potential revision of the sporting code.        I was present at the Equinox Cup although thankfully I had to leave before the...

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DT flyoffs and Sporting Code - Reality Summing it up 2nd round 4-minute max? DT flyoffs Canada Cup Huron Cu DT flyoffs and Sporting Code - Reality From: Per Findahl DT flyoffs and Sporting Code Some comments about our rules and how we follow them. We must all understand that we have an organization based on volunteers. All of us involved in flying, organizing collecting...