RC planes take flight in Dayton By David Taylor, dtaylor@hcnonline.com Nearly 70 radio-controlled planes took flight Friday and Saturday at the annual Jetero Southeast Texas Warbird Rally in Dayton and it couldn’t have happened on a better weekend for the flyboys. The event has rapidly become one of the premiere […]
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AMA 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 […]
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Florida, New York, South Carolina, Montana, and Texas – you have new clubs! Team Flying Stagecoach (St. Augustine, FL), Tullock RC Flyers (Schenectady, NY), Ladson Renegade Rotor Club (Ladson, SC), Mission Valley Model Aviation (Columbia Falls, MT), and Briggs Radio Control Flyers (Bertram, TX) have chartered their clubs with AMA. […]
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Alvin Jumbo Squadron 23rd annual Big Bird Fly-In and ninth annual Swap Meet to be held this weekend
Original post: Houston Chronicle| Rick Weber | March 26, 2013 Dozens of members of the Alvin RC Model Airplane Association will be flying planes at the Alvin Jumbo Squadron 23rd annual Big Bird Fly-In and ninth annual Swap Meet on March 30 at the Alvin R/C Club Field at 2444 […]
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Warbirds Over Alvin
Story by Flori Meeks – Houston Chronicle The day will be a meld of history and playtime when the Alvin RC Model Airplane Association presents its Warbirds Over Alvin Fly-In Saturday, Oct. 6. Guests will have a chance to watch model airplane pilots fly replicas of military aircraft dating to […]
Continue readingEnthusiasts try to keep model planes aloft
By Terry Evan Posted Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 Star-Telegram Bob Wilder can’t remember a time when he wasn’t flying model airplanes.”I’m building a radio-controlled World War I biplane now for indoor flight,” said the 74-year-old Colleyville man.Many of Wilder’s models are small enough to be powered by electric motors, or […]
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