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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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Lost Hills Field Layout Environmental Notice in SEN F1Q at Fab Feb Creation of Lost Hills contest in Abouttime2 All-Tee updated  Too Looking for  D47   Lost Hills Field Layout At the USA Team Selection in October and the following Wolrd and America's Cup contests a slightly different field layout was used. This layout gave better conditions for the early rounds as well as overall...

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Fab Feb Update SoCal Question  from Japan   Fab Feb Update As of today, the number of pre-entrants is 118  from 18 countries. The Flying Neurons have updated their About Time web site at https://abouttime.flyingneurons.io/ that shows information that Flying Neurons users have reported to include information related to specific events. This will possibly facilitate the direct real time reporting of an event. This not...

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California Fire Information Watch Duty AMA Associate membership   California Fire Information. One international visitor just told us that their travel agent told them they might not be able to get to Bakersfield because of the fires.  The official source for road information is Caltrans  and their web site is at https://roads.dot.ca.gov/  On this site you type in the highway number. To drive from LAX...

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Some altimeter experience with F1E Los Angeles Area Fires   Some altimeter experience with F1E From:Ian Kaynes Roger Altimeters in F1E Obviously Allard thinks it is too difficult to add a start signal to altimeters for F1E. I had understood that the altimeter starts recording from when switched on so it could collect data continuously and then the flight start and finished located manually but...

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In Search of Classic Airfoil or Hybrid F1As at Fab Feb. On F1E and altimetry.   In Search of Classic Airfoil or Hybrid F1As at Fab Feb.  From:GTS With manufacturers not being able to supply models due to the war I would like to purchase good condition Classic Airfoil F1As for juniors. If you can deliver to Fab Feb please reach out with pictures and prices. Thank...