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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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Why are our rules (always) changing? Comment on WC Jury report referenced in  SEN 2375 Ike Scramble Info Why are our rules (always) changing? From : aram schlosberg Instead of imagining free flight that has been around a long time as a set fossils one finds in natural museums embedded in rocks, the discipline is actually very alive and constantly evolving. . The obvious changes in free flight were the introduction of composites and...

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January Eloy Southwest Regionals Chill How to mount your on board GPS on a C ? Jim Hits 100 Error in link on  SEN 2375 January Eloy Southwest Regionals From: Peter Brocks January Eloy Southwest Regionals The 2018 Southwest Regional Model Airplane Championships will be held January 13-16 in Eloy, Arizona. About every Freeflight  FAI/AMA/NFFS/FAC event is flown. For details and entry forms please see  https://swregionals.org/...

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Looking for ST 15 parts A few rules thoughts 2017 WChamps Jury Report Looking for ST 15 parts Wanted: I’m in need of a header for a Super Tigre 15 to run a tuned pipe in vintage FAI.  I have a kit for the Night Train and I plan on building it in honor of my dad who passed away in ’08.  It was the...

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Not about Bern but Sporting Code AZ Champs results Not about Bern but Sporting Code From: Leslie Farkas Since the published letter of Frederic in SEN 2362, we received a number of comments from other competitors. I will not comment on the Bern contest because I was not there, therefore I do not qualify to agree or disagree with the organizer’s decisions. Many of the...

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Frederic Explains How do you finish a contest ? Waiting time limit and starting poles FAI Web Site Frederic Explains From: Frederic Aberlenc Dear Wolfgang Gerlach I will answer to your comments in last SEN: 1-Because the rules are not observed in some other competitons (F1E WCH in Turda, Junior ECH in Prilep, ...), it is not necessary to respect them in BERN. Sorry Wolfgang,...