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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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John O’Donnell Memorial page Rumors Babenko F1C Proposal John O’Donnell Memorial page John's Son has started a page:- http://www.jod.org.uk Rumors The reason why we printed Mike the Dino’s GPS piece under the title rumor because it ia a comment by Mike about an as yet un-released product. The link to the Sidus/Aeris web site is http://www.ffelectronics.com/ . No mention as yet a new GPS product...
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JOD passes THE NEW 2017 FREE FLIGHT FORUM REPORT Dino Discussion Big Al’s Contest Replacement Rumor Dept JOD passes From Mike Fantham Roger, I read on the Hip Pocket Forum that John O'Donnell has passed on after a fall May he rest in peace. http://www.hippocketaeronautics.com/hpa_forum/index.php?topic=21970.msg205870#msg205870 He was inducted into the NFFS Hall of Fame in 2011. Mike Fantham THE NEW 2017 FREE FLIGHT FORUM REPORT...
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Big Al’s first event at Lost Hills Big Als 2017 More Mulligans ? Searching for the tracker Big Al’s first event at Lost Hills From: Walt Ghio The Bissonnette Memorial is scheduled for May 27th and May 28th at the Lost Hills flying field. This contest has been held from 1989 to the present. As attendance has been dropping Doug Galbreath and myself have decided...
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ADT for all ! Keep 20 Scrap 20 Reminder ADT for all ! From:chris.edge Captain SCAT, I think Tmat is conflating a number of different arguments in SEN 2291; let's split them up. Safety: Yes, there is a very good argument for making RCDT mandatory for all FAI classes for exactly the reasons he describes. I suspect that an F1C stuck in bunt...
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20 second attempt rule - safety issue? 20 second serve 20 second attempt rule - safety issue? From: Tony Mathews Some years ago I had a conversation with Victor Stamov about the 20 second attempt rule. As readers will recall, for a few years it was abolished for F1A only (seems some people were upset about some flyers using RDT to savea crashing...