Wounded Warrior Project has been selected as the charity of support for the 2014 National Model Aviation Day (NMAD) celebration. AMA chose WWP again this year due to the great responses we received from clubs that felt honored to help this charity, and provided feedback indicating that the name recognition […]
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Wings Over The Rockies Aeromodeling At The Hangar Event
WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES AEROMODELING AT THE HANGAR EVENT 2/15/2014 As a long standing tradition, Wings over the Rockies once again hosted the Aeromodeling at the Hangar event. With the continuous efforts from multiple personel, the event continues. Many aspects of aero modeling from free flight to control line to […]
Continue readingWest Potomac High School’s Fun Fly
This SATURDAY, February 22nd, is West Potomac High School’s Fun Fly. If all goes according to plan, we will have a 3D scanner station set up for scanning your head and 3D printing a pilot bust. Only scanning will be done, printing will start the following week. Details given at […]
Continue readingCarl Goldberg Vital People Award given to Ed Runkel
Congratulations to AMA member Ed Runkel, member of The Jersey Coast Sport Fliers! Ed was awarded the Carl Goldberg Vital People Award at the club’s annual dinner this past weekend. Below is a video put together by fellow club member Stan Berger of Ed’s life.
Continue readingFlying Site Improvement Grant Deadline is fast approaching-March 1, 2014
Last year alone AMA gave away over $31,000 to clubs who participated in the Flying Site Development Improvement Grant Program. You can review the application at https://www.modelaircraft.org/files/2014FSAGapplication.pdf for a copy of the application. Please remember that the application has to be sent to your district vice president by March 1 […]
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2013 in Review
It’s hard to believe we’ve reached the end of 2013. This seems like a good time to look back at some of what AMA has accomplished during the last 12 months. As was the case in 2012, AMA saw a growth in paid membership. Although two years in a row […]
Continue reading2014 Club Charter Renewals are on the way! The AMA Safety and Member Benefits department will soon be sending 2014 charter renewal packets out to each AMA chartered club. Current club charters do not expire until March 31, 2014. However, we strongly encourage clubs to complete the charter renewal forms […]
Continue readingAMA Chartered Clubs Surpass $70,000 in National Model Aviation Day Donations
Congratulations to the 176 chartered clubs that participated in the inaugural National Model Aviation Day to support the Wounded Warrior Project for raising over $70,000. The Academy is very excited about this accomplishment, and about announcing the final contribution in October. As a reminder, all donations collected are due to […]
Continue readingDefiance Prop Floppers is now a AMA Leader Club!
Congratulations to the Defiance Prop Floppers #2866 for becoming an AMA Silver Leader Club! For more information regarding the AMA Leader Club Program please contact erind@modelaircraft.org or visit: https://www.modelaircraft.org/membership/clubs/leaderclubs.aspx
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162 Clubs Registered as August 1st Deadline Approaches.
As the August 1st deadline approaches, 162 clubs have now registered for National Model Aviation Day. Some clubs have been sharing the details of their events and sending in samples of event flyers showing the exciting activities they are planning. Best of luck to all clubs on their events, we […]
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