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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 FAI Arizona Southwest Regionals at Eloy Fab Feb Update About Timing NFFS Sympo National Cup – Recalibration, Incentives and Penalties The FAI Arizona Southwest Regionals at Eloy From: Peter Brocks In 4 weeks the first America's Cup and National Cup contest of 2024 will again be the Southwest Regionals on January 13-15. For more info on the SWR, all the events flown and how...

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Lookin for D47 Servo? Transparency Ike Winter Classic 2024 Lookin for D47 Servo? From: Jean Luc Bodin Hi Roger Can you tell me which servo to replace thé D70 on your Timer for F1b Thank you BR Jean Luc Jean Luc I assume that you mean D47.   Here is a reprint of several previous SENs on that D47 replacement The Dymond D47 was a very...

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In the Press Thermal Sniffer 3173 In the Press Just got my Dec 2023 Aeromodeller with the second parts of the World Champs Reports.  It's in the plural because there is the "real" report by editor Colin Sharman and colour report by Chris Edge and Stuart Darmon.   Both very good. Interesting comment in Colin's report, 2 of the UK team's F1B guys made the Flyoff...

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Automatic Timing and out of sight Flying Fab Feb / About Time Clarifications and correction AUTOMATIC TIMING AND OUT OF SIGHT FLYING From:Urs Schaller Hello all, every time I read a new addition to the timing argument, I wonder that everybody assumes the CIAM rulebook is the one and only rule existing and to be considered. Nobody seems to take into account that CIAM rules...

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Fab Feb Signup Link About Time – Part 2 Fab Feb Sign up link The online entry link for Fab feb is at https://forms.gle/imvxr7Xj6AL8Lc1x9 This is for all the FAI events.  World Cup, including F1e and the Mini Events.  But not the AMA events in the Ike.  You must sign up got the FAI Events but you do not pay until you get to Lost...