Michael Gokhman and Emery Mersich try to will their remote-controlled plane away from a collision with the wall. SCOTT FRIEDMAN The Metuchen Indoor Model Flying Club spread its proverbial wings during an end-of-season flying event at Edgar Middle School. The recent event was a chance for this year’s 21 students […]
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Retired chief deputy is radio-controlled plane enthusiast
RACINE — Jim Litwin, 70, of Racine, is president of the Racine Radio Control Club. The retired chief deputy with the Racine County Sheriff’s Office gets together with other hobbyists to fly model airplanes year-round. Winter can’t stop a good hobby. December 21, 2013 10:08 pm • Journal Times staff […]
Continue readingCongratulations and great job Gateway RC Club, Inc
On Saturday, 7 Dec 2013, Gateway R/C Club, Inc (AMA#206) held our 10th annual “Toys for Tots” fly In to benefit the USMCR’s efforts to provide toys for the less fortunate children in our area of Florida. This year we raised/donated the following: 49 bicycles, $800.00 in checks/cash, 3 each 3’x3’x4’ […]
Continue readingVirginia welcomes two new clubs
Charter club #5179 L.O.W. Fliers (Locust Grove) Charter club #5180 Fentress Flyers (Chesapeake) Go to https://www.modelaircraft.org/files/915.pdf for more information on how to form your own AMA Chartered Club.
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DECATUR, AL (WAFF) – All of these youngsters are retired. But they carry something from their youth: a love of planes. Patrick Helpingstine is the vice president of the Decatur Model Airplane Club. “About 5 years ago I realized I was going to retire and I needed some sort of […]
Continue readingLet’s welcome our newest AMA Chartered Clubs
Sky Kings of the Ring (Kansas) South Coast R/C Squadron (Oregon) Siouxland Area Modelers (Iowa) South County Radio Control Club at Ninigret (Rhode Island) For more information on how to form your own AMA chartered club click on the link below. https://www.modelaircraft.org/files/915.pdf Please contact us with any questions at clubs@modelaircraft.org
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Team Realm (Oklahoma) Emerald City (Washington) Panama City Radio Control Helicopter Club (Florida)
Continue readingAMA Welcomes 11 New Chartered Clubs
From June 27th to August 26, 2013 the following clubs have been added to our growing hobby. Please join me in welcoming them! North Bervard C/L Model Airplane Club (Florida) Saline County R/C Aircraft Pilots Society (Arizona) Screaming Eagles (Pennsylvania) Fort Sidney Fliers (Nebraska) Ideal Flyers (Minnesota) Bulverde Aero Modelers […]
Continue readingAMA Chartered Club #1330 Orange Coast Radio Control Club
Throughout middle school, John Owsinski dreamed of getting his 1963 blue and yellow string plane into the air. He remembers staring up at the gift from his uncle in his garage where the plastic box was gathering dust. He never did get it to fly.Owsinski ended up spending his career surrounded by jets and planes, and chooses to spend his retirement in a similar fashion. Most weekday mornings, he can be found at the electric radio control flying field at the Orange County Great Park, chatting with other RC aficionados or concentrating on one of his models soaring over the fields of the former Marine base
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AMA Chartered Club #2713 Paulding County Model Aviation Club
By Mary Hood | 1/13/2012 Aviation for the common man Neighborhood Newspaper The love for their model aviation hobby is evidenced by the field full of model flyers on a warm, sunny Friday afternoon in north Paulding County.The camaraderie among the members of the Paulding County Model Aviation Club is […]
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