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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  

art ellis

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...

sen 2033

Table of Contents SEN 2033 Colorado F1E correction F1S and the America's Cup Global Wind FB Photo question Whoops - Colorado Correction From: Jerry Murphy Hi Roger, Some how an error on the date for the F1E competition made its way into SEN 2029. The F1E competition will be flown on Friday July 10. Could there be a correction posted some time soon? Thanks for...

sen 2032

Table of Contents - SEN 2032 D/T FO Hit the Silk More on the D/T FO Canada Cup Huron Cup A Thought about D/T Flyoffs. From: John Barker Has anyone considered timing the model from the time when the D/T should be started until the time the model lands and then subtracting this from the flight time. This gets over the problem of the 'late...

sen 2031

Table of Contents - SEN 2031 Not all D/Ts are = Neither are the interpretations Dino says not all D/Ts are equal From: michael achterberg Better make sure everyone has same DT angle. 30 degrees DT is a lot slower than 45.. So if not all same angle not very equitable.. But sometimes it must be done to complete results.. It's free flight.. Thermals, Michael...

sen 2030

Table of Contents - SEN 2030 On the Database How to D/T a Haggis... ...With your Magic Timer Observations from last weekend And the Turks too On the Database From: Ian Kaynes Roger FAI Sporting Licence Database As a clarification to your good summary of the subject: The National Aero Club enters their licences direct on to the FAI database and there is no fee...

sen 2029

Table of Contents - SEN 2029 Hungarian or Bulgarian ? Are you in the database ? MMM reminder On the Net – 1, the Hungarians are one minute up on the Bulgarians? The World Cup events this year seem to be a little more cursed (the opposite of blessed?) at fly off time with too much wind. So this has prompted the organizers to use...