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...
Watts in charge ? Still More Fab Feb Pictures Spring at Wawayanda Skyscraper’s Annual Hatcheck International Challenge May 19-20, 2018 Old Rhinebeck Squadron Flying Aces at Barron Field Watts in charge ? From: Roger Morrell Recently one of my flying buddies found a new battery that looked good for his F1B. This battery was the size of some 150mah batteries but professed to be a...
Ray Monks NATS Volunteers One small detail …… Ray Monks From:Stuart Darmon Roger, Sadly I must inform those who have not yet heard that Ray Monks, one of Britain's greatest ever aeromodellers, died on March 25 after a brief illness at the age of 90. Ray made many friends around the world during his international career which spanned more than half a century and during...
Is Social Media Hurting Free Flight? MMM 14R Free Flight Contest, June 22-24 in Denver IS SOCIAL MEDIA HURTING FREE FLIGHT? Do your homework before you speak. With the best of intentions some folk propose a rule change for FF – on social internet media. What seems to happen then is a lot of people get excited, either for or against, and a lot...
F1D Champs Update Still looking for a Ken Bauer Multi-function timer FabFeb 2018 E36/F1S Contest Report Musings #3 (Last One!) F1D Champs Update Another blog with good color and tech comments https://thef1dblog.wordpress.com/ from Mike Kirda Weather inside the site not so good yesterday maybe better today Still looking for a Ken Bauer Multi-function timer Peter Allnutt is anxious to obtain a Ken Bauer “Multi Function”...
Icare2 Gps tracker PYXIS GPS tracker F1D World Champs Thermiksense Blog about the F1D Championship SCAT Annual 2018 No GPS user input but contact info from suppliers Icare2 Gps tracker From: F.Aberlenc Hello Roger Some information on gps tracker You can find information about the Icare2 Gps tracker on http://www.optimaltracking.com If you need feedback in Usa you can contact Walt Ghio for example or myself My...