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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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The Bear and the Moose Whoops – what year MM Lost and Found Looking for F1C Toilet seat The Bear and the Moose From: Per Findahl Hi Roger ! Here is a link to some photos from Bear Cup and Moose Cup, perhaps something for SEN ? https://photos.google.com/ share/ AF1QipNDzysENRUXekXjlGR9iDQzRl kl_t0IVw0s2W2fP0Z- spJ9GAk6lHGRHsVWptBv1Q?key= VmZiRTJPOS1OQUE4SUpfZy05a21aY0 tyWWdSRzln All the best Pelle Whoops – what year The date shows...

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USA Bid for the 2019 World Champs Thermiksense Reports from the F1D E/C Stats from the German Nats NFFS Plans Service USA Bid for the 2019 World Champs The AMA has put in a bid for the 2019 World Free Flight Champs to be held at Lost Hills, California, USA in October 2019.  The sponsoring Club is SCAT (Southern California Aero Team) along with the...

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I kicked the bee's nest! SCAT Annual this coming weekend Crazy, man!! I kicked the bee's nest! From:John Lorbiecki Well, I sure can create some "interest" at times, can't I? There have been a few comments in regard to who the heck is this dude... For those of you that don't know me, I am the president of the National Free Flight Society. I (with...

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F1B Trimmimg Wanted Audio Tach: The state of our sport and Freeflight revival in Germany F1X(L) F1B(L) It’s not the cost   F1B Trimmimg FB Free Flight Group Discussion Started by Jørgen Korsgaard Where can you read about trimming a new F1B model with wing wiggler and 3-position auto rudder? Ismail Sarioglu Jørgen , can you tell us, which kind of F1B you trimmed for the...

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Data Analysis ? George drives in Germany The Rest of the Story … FAI Rules and Fun Stuff Looking for a Moose   Data Analysis ? From: Ross Jahnke Roger et al. The Kiwi data is probably not enough to draw conclusions from, but oddly, F1A shows the least variation over five years and an average of 50.91% in the fly off. F1B shows marked...