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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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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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Blog about the F1E World Championship SEN BVLOS Re SEN 3360 World Champs participation   Blog about the F1E World Championship  From:  Bernhard Schwendemann The F1E World Championship for Juniors and Seniors will start on August 11 in Rana (Czech Republic). The flying days are Tuesday (12.08.) for Juniors and Wednesday (13.08.) for Seniors. The German Free Flight Magazine Thermiksense reports about the competitions in...

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Comment from Gil What did About Time say to Janne Isotalo?   Comment from Gil From:Gil Hagay Hi, Just to be precise - timekeepers recorded 5:38 (after decreasing a 10 sec. count) while Neuron recorded 6:20. Both operated flawlessly. Gil What did About Time say to Janne Isotalo?  From: Janne Isotalo Here is that story how my fly off time is what it is. I...

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Champs reflections What did About Time say ? BVLOS Quandry   Champs reflections From John Carter Well  reflecting on the Champs, Site very  good but used inappropriately The Flight line dictated by fixed infrastructure. It might have been better to add a mobile control van and relay back times etc to main control . If on B day line had been appropriate distance from the building...

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USA Team Blog A positive observation on the need for prompt online results Fully formatted Champs Results   USA Team Blog – last? (til next time !) [7/25/2025 3:33 PM] [Mike Richardson]: Wow.....that ditch you mentioned earlier is far worse than I imagined. [7/25/2025 3:33 PM] [Tiffaney]: A partial video of the flyoff. Sorry that I'm not a professional, and I was running out of...

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F1A Individual Scores   F1A World Champs There was some delay in getting the final F1A results out with the Flyoff that we were requested to publish those scores. F1A Nr  Name                   M  FAI ID       Team R1  R2  R3  R4  R5  R6  R7  FO1 FO2 TOTAL 1  Vlad Dorian Cristea      ...