{"id":7,"date":"2011-12-09T03:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T03:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/?p=7"},"modified":"2011-12-21T20:52:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T20:52:02","slug":"ama-chartered-club-249-southeast-missouri-modelers-association-semma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/2011\/12\/09\/ama-chartered-club-249-southeast-missouri-modelers-association-semma\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA Chartered Club #249 Southeast Missouri Modelers Association (SEMMA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Model planes a fun hobby for &#8220;kids&#8221; of all ages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By: ROBYN GAUTSCHY | 12\/09\/11 3:00 AM<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><em>Southeast Missourian<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Model airplanes aren&#8217;t just for kids. In the Southeast Missouri Modelers Association, small-scale pilots of all ages gather to fly planes big and small, and to teach the trade to others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I joke about it, but it&#8217;s true \u2014 we have kids in there from age 8 to 80. We&#8217;re all interested in some aspect of aviation, whether it&#8217;s helicopters, small or large planes, electric or fuel-powered,&#8221; says Doug Leslie, who&#8217;s been building and flying model planes since the early 1990s. Three years ago, he retired from his post as Cape Girardeau&#8217;s city manager and opened Tailwinds RC Hobby Center on South Plaza Way, where he enjoys living his hobby and meeting other model enthusiasts. Leslie, a licensed pilot since 1972, still flies full-scale planes recreationally, but says there are perks to flying model planes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Read more at the Washington Examiner: <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2011\/12\/model-planes-fun-hobby-kids-all-ages\/1986906#ixzz1h72DfnKH\">https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2011\/12\/model-planes-fun-hobby-kids-all-ages\/1986906#ixzz1h72DfnKH<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>AMA Chartered Club #249 Southeast Missouri Modelers Association (SEMMA)<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semmarc.com\/\">https:\/\/www.semmarc.com\/ <\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Model planes a fun hobby for &#8220;kids&#8221; of all ages<\/p>\n<p>By: ROBYN GAUTSCHY | 12\/09\/11 3:00 AM<br \/>\nSoutheast Missourian<\/p>\n<p>Model airplanes aren&#8217;t just for kids. In the Southeast Missouri Modelers Association, small-scale pilots of all ages gather to fly planes big and small, and to teach the trade to others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I joke about it, but it&#8217;s true \u2014 we have kids in there from age 8 to 80. We&#8217;re all interested in some aspect of aviation, whether it&#8217;s helicopters, small or large planes, electric or fuel-powered,&#8221; says Doug Leslie, who&#8217;s been building and flying model planes since the early 1990s. Three years ago, he retired from his post as Cape Girardeau&#8217;s city manager and opened Tailwinds RC Hobby Center on South Plaza Way, where he enjoys living his hobby and meeting other model enthusiasts. Leslie, a licensed pilot since 1972, still flies full-scale planes recreationally, but says there are perks to flying model planes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district-vi","category-missouri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amaclubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}