Muncie, IN—The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) is proud to announce that Carl Dodge of Richmond Heights, OH, has been awarded the Andrei Tupolev Aeromodelling Medal by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Carl is the first American pilot to win the award, and the first AMA member to be recognized […]
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Club Officers: Is your club ready for the flying season?
The March 31 deadline for clubs to renew their annual charter status has come and gone and there are nearly 400 clubs that have not submitted their renewal documents for the 2015 charter year. Life becomes busy and sometimes things slip through the cracks. Perhaps that’s what happened to your club renewal. […]
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AMA Clubs donate $100,000 to the Wounded Warrior Project
Through National Model Aviation Day celebrations around the country and the efforts of local modelers at approximately 200 AMA chartered clubs, the Academy of Model Aeronautics raised $100,000 in support of the Wounded Warrior Project. A large check was presented to Warrior Speak representative Norbie Lara during the AMA Expo held in Ontario, California on January 10.
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AMA awarded EAA Young Eagles Horizon Award
The AMA is proud to announce its receipt of the 2014 EAA Young Eagles Horizon Award. AMA received the award for its contributions to the overall success of the Young Eagles program. AMA and EAA have built a partnership through the EAA Young Eagles program, providing education through aviation experiences. […]
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Ready Made RC—Newest NMAD Major Sponsor
Thank you to Ready Made RC, our second National Model Aviation Day sponsor! Our sponsors will help us to continue to increase awareness for model aviation with promotion of this celebratory event, and will also help us to raise more money for the Wounded Warrior Project; this year’s chosen charity […]
Continue reading2014 Flying Site Grant Winners Announced!
This year alone AMA awarded nearly $30,000 to clubs who participated in the Flying Site Development Improvement Grant Program. Applying is so easy! Even though grants have already been awarded for 2014, you can apply for 2015. Deadline to have the application to your district vice president is March 1. […]
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State of Tennessee Proclaims August 16 as Model Aviation Day
The Academy of Model Aeronautics is pleased to announce that the state of Tennessee has declared August 16, 2014, as Model Aviation Day. Thank you to Anthony K. Hall and the members of the Johnson City Radio Controllers for submitting the application for this proclamation. National Model Aviation Day has […]
Continue readingClub Officers: Is your club ready for the flying season?
The March 31 deadline for clubs to renew their annual charter status has come and gone and there are nearly 400 clubs that have not submitted their renewal documents for the 2016 charter year. Life becomes busy and sometimes things slip through the cracks. Perhaps that’s what happened to your club renewal. No […]
Continue readingState of Missouri proclaims August 16 as Model Aviation Day
The Academy of Model Aeronautics is pleased to announce that the state of Missouri has declared August 16, 2014, as Model Aviation Day. Thank you Dusty G. Riley, of Kansas City, MO, and the KC Northern Knights Model Airplane Club for submitting the application for this proclamation. National Model Aviation […]
Continue readingClubs helping Clubs
Below is a great example of the brotherhood that is aeromodeling. Recently Bayport Aero Club in Deer Park lost their field due to the land being sold. The Gulf Coast Radio Control Club(GCRC) offered them the use of our field free of charge until they could find another place to […]
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