High winds did not hamper the 2012 Texas Wings fun fly, which benefits Big Brothers and Big Sisters of North Texas. This year’s event, held on October 21, 2012 was a resounding success. Several different activities brought in a large crowd, including kite flying, prize giveaways, a raffle, and bbq. […]
Continue readingHoliday Electric Fly Ohio
Last year’s s Second annual Holiday Electric Fly 2011 was held at The Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio on December 2-3-4. It was a great event with 214 registered pilots and over 800 airplanes. The Great Complex is 550 x250 with several flying areas active all the time. Different events […]
Continue readingPaper Plane Air Show Benefits Aurora Counseling Agency
Marie Wilson of the Daily Herald posts a story about a recent event hosted to benefit Family Counseling Services in Aurora. The article describes the organization’s clever use of their first Paper Plane Air Show to bring interest to the organization. If you or your club have clever ideas for […]
Continue readingLouisville Pilot Featured For Helping Radio Controlled Airplane Fly Across the U.S.
The Courier-Journal out of Louisville, KY posted a story over the weekend featuring local resident Mark Minteer and his upcoming venture to be one of 380+ pilots to help fly a battery powered Radio Controlled (RC) airplane designated as a parkflyer in all 48 contiguous United States. Read the full […]
Continue readingMid Ohio Valley Air Show
The Mid Ohio Valley Air Expo is here! The event, being held at the Wood County Airport in Parkersburg, West Virginia is open to the public and is free. Preferred seating areas are available with paid admission. Performers will include wing walker Jane Wicker, the Iron Eagles, an aerobatic team […]
Continue reading95th Squadron in Gaston, NC, holds its annual Fall Fun Fly
Through an article in online edition of the Brunswick Times-Gazette, the 95th Squadron, AMA Chartered Club 3105, is inviting young and old to attend their annual fall fun fly on October 13, 2012. Please visit the Brunswick Times-Gazette website for the complete article.
Continue readingBartholomew County RC Fliers hosting charity event Sunday for Cheer Fund
Don’t miss the Bartholomew County RC Fliers fifth annual Cheer Fund Charity Fly-In from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday to raise money for the Columbus Firemen’s Cheer Fund. Read more about the event in the Republic, a Columbus publication: here.
Continue readingBig Fork RC Club
The online edition of the Bigfork Eagle shares a great article about the Big Fork RC Club, AMA Chartered Club 5016, from Bigfork, Montana. To read the article written by Matt Naber, please click HERE to visit their website.
Continue readingGood news for clubs participating in the Introductory Pilot Program
The Introductory Pilot Program is a great opportunity for clubs to introduce non-AMA members to the fun of aeromodeling. Club-designated instructors can teach the interested novices the ins and outs of areomodeling hands-on for a period of 60 consecutive days. What a great way to expose novices to this wonderful […]
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The Rocket Boys. Coming to an RC field near you.
Smith Models RC Enthusiasm to the Extreme I remember many years ago my Dad taking me to a radio control airplane air show at KCRC. (KCRC) Knox County Radio Control is one of our long time established RC air clubs in Knoxville. At that show, one of the pilots dropped […]
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