Students from around the country visited Oshkosh, Wisconsin, during the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture 2024, July 22-28, but it wasn’t just to see the world’s largest aviation celebration. Instead, they were there to prove their aviation and engineering prowess by competing in the UAS4STEM finals. In the Advanced category, Some […]
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EAA AeroEducate Connection
By Kyle Jaracz, AMA Education Director | kylej@modelaircraft.org Trying to keep a secret just between us that I wrote about in the last education column apparently didn’t work so well. To the many who wrote and called in to follow up on the resources mentioned in that column, thanks for […]
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Parents and Kids Experience Model Aviation
Members of the Midwest Sundowners RC Flying Club in Wheeler, Indiana, participated in the Commemorative Air Force Airpower History Tour at Porter County Regional Airport on Friday and Saturday, July 12-13, 2024. Working in conjunction with EAA Chapter 104 President Larry Whitlow and the Midwest Sundowners RC Flying Club members, […]
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AMA promotes Model Aviation at Airventure
The world’s largest air show, AirVenture, drew over 600,000 thousand aviation enthusiasts from around the world and the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) was there to help celebrate this iconic event. Hosted by AMA partner, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, AirVenture spanned one week in what was one of the largest turnouts following the cancellation of the 2020 event because of COVID-19. AMA’s Matt Ruddick […]
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AMA Podcast Ep 70 – Sean Elliott: EAA’s VP of Advocacy and Safety
In this episode, EAA’s VP of Advocacy and Safety, Sean Elliott, stops by to talk about how the EAA and the AMA have worked so closely over the years to advocate for their respective memberships. Tyler Dobbs, AMA’s Government Affairs Director, also joins the conversation. This episode of the AMA […]
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AMA Guide to Model Aviation at AirVenture
Your guide to Model Aviation at the largest air show in the world! AirVenture kicks off Monday July 22, 2019. KidVenture Kids can experience hands-on, educational, and fun aviation-based demonstrations and presentations. Twilight Flight Fest The evening program will also include the Patriot Parachute Team, Red Bull Air Force skydivers, […]
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AMA District III news: AMA & AOPA – Wings & Wheels 2018
AMA District III news August 2018 Model Aviation magazine My month of May started with an air trip. I flew the Cherokee to Frederick, Maryland, with the goal to take in the Wings & Wheels event and talk with officials of the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA) about the […]
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AMA District III News: AMA Clubs and EAA Chapters inspire next generation of aviators
As model aviation enthusiasts, we should always look for ways to grow our hobby. I hear complaints that no one, particularly young people, is interested and that our hobby is dying. The truth is that our hobby is changing and we need to look for ways to attract people interested in […]
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Record Breaking Year at EAA’s Family Flight Fest Fun
It was a record setting year with 1,678 people visiting the EAA Aviation Museum for Family Flight Fest 2017 March 18-19. Visitors got to see and do a little bit of everything: watching an indoor air show, building model airplanes out of paper, balsa wood, plastic, and clothespins, not to […]
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The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) today signed a memorandum of understanding
For Immediate Release: January 15, 2016 Contact: Allison Haley, media@modelaircraft.org, (202) 777-3509 The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) today signed a memorandum of understanding that expands the organizations’ joint efforts to bring the possibilities of flight to more people. The memo, signed on January 9 […]
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