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...
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 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...
North American Flash For Sale For the F1B competitors North American Flash Some overnight showers but dead calm morning. A little slippery getting on to the field but no big issues. Weather back to Lost Hills at its best. F1A Jama Danier Lauri Malila Peter Barron F1B Blake Jensen Oleg Kulakovsky Etan Habba F1C Yuan Gao Artem Babenko Ken Faux F1P Zihang ...
North American Cup Update Shok for sale North American Cup Update North American Cup Flyoff info: 7:00 am meet at the same morning location from today. 7:30 am flyoffs start. Sequence: F1B first, 23 competitors, F1A 2nd, 3 competitors, F1C 3rd, 5 competitors, F1Q 4th, 4 competitors. We need time keepers please! Prize giving will be after the flyoffs near the tent by the...
North America Cup Help wanted North America Cup Help Wanted Roger, Could you post a request in SEN to see if anyone would be interested to help with scorekeeping for the North American cup? I had someone lined up but they couldn't make it as of last night. Late notice and we will manage but it doesn't hurt to ask. Regards, Tony Mathews Cell:...
Kiwi F1E Flash Kiwi F1E Flash The Kiwi F1E was held on Holloway Hill today in too perfect conditions. Very light wind and sluggish air. The site is over a disused gypsum quarry pit . Gypsum does not absorb water and while the rest of the Lost Hills site has dried out and there is normal thermal activity to create some active air. Some...
Kiwi Cup results Tom Follow up About Time Events Kiwi Cup results Fly off for remaining World Cup events were held in perfect conditions between 7:30 and 7:55 AM F1C 1 Yuan Gao CHN 2 Guy Menanno USA 3 Taron Malkhasyan USA F1P 1 Randy Secor USA 2 Zihang Zhang Jnr CHN 3 Terry Kerger ...