Pilots from the east coast and New England enjoyed the skies this past weekend for the first Heli Smackdown at New Jersey’s Pemberton Airport. Three big flight boxes were open all three days for heli pilots. All flying styles were welcome. Over 40 registered pilots of scale ships and gas, glow and electric helis flew at the southern New Jersey field. [...]
District II’s Clayton RC Club received an AMA 2012 Flying Site Development/Improvement Grant towards their innovative flying site solar charging station and other flying site improvements. The charging station electronics are housed in several customized enclosures, that allow for 5 independent electrical connections for modelers and include battery backups. Solar collection panels are located on top of the club’s storage shed. In addition to the solar charging system the [...]
The Ocean County Modelers hosted the inaugural Whisper Quiet Fun Fly at the club’s Wiskow Field in Jackson, New Jersey on April 28, 2012. Wiskow Field is the flying site featured in the first AMA/EPA Partnership video, and one of the first flying sites developed under the joint AMA/EPA Flying Site Program. Electric planes of all shapes and sizes flew [...]
Three District II clubs recently received AMA 2012 Tag-off And Grow (TAG) Grants. Among those receiving grants were The Long Island Silent Flyers, The Edgewood Flyers and The RC Pulsars of Western New York. These clubs all received AMA TAG grants towards their 2012 TAG programs and TAG events. Pictured here is RC Pulsars club President Frank Dalfonso [...]
Originally published: March 31, 2012 7:28 PM Updated: March 31, 2012 9:09 PM By KERY MURAKAMI kery.murakami@newsday.com The 7th annual Flying Model Expo was held at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City on Saturday. One of the expo’s goals was to entice young people to join local flying and model-building groups. Videojournalist: Jim [...]
Saturday & Sunday, March 31-April 1, 10:00AM-5:00PM. The expo will provide builders, collectors and flying model fans with a wonderful opportunity to see some of the best in class in model aircraft. Everything from electric, gas, RC, rubber-powered, gliders, helicopters and more will be on display throughout the museum. Experience indoor and outdoor flying (weather [...]
Congratulations to the Canandaigua Sky Chiefs on celebrating their 25th annual swap meet and auction! The club hosted another great event at the Canandaigua Middle School. Lots of planes, helis, radios and model aircraft accessories changed hands. The club charged no table fees and had plenty of good food and good times on hand! AMA Executive Vice [...]
AMA District II is pleased to announce the Annual District II Fun Fly for 2012. This year’s event will be held at the Lazy Eight field in Johnstown New York, August 25 and 26, 2012. The Lazy Eight is an AMA Gold Level Leader Club, and host to notable upstate New York flying events including last year’s [...]
Thanks to exceptional efforts by the Westchester Radio Aeromodelers, the much anticipated move of the WRAM Show to the Meadowlands Exposition Center met with high approval by show goers. Exceptionally high attendance over the event’s three day run marked success for the east coast’s largest model hobby show. The WRAMS are exceptionally appreciative of the support from modelers and [...]
Day one of the the 44th annual WRAM Show was a great success! The large crowd was excited with the move to The Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus New Jersey. Many returning and new exhibitors were too! Don’t miss Saturday’s District II meeting at 3 PM to get the latest AMA news and District II information. Visit the WRAM Show web [...]
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