Hope Finn, of Mauk, GA, is the winner of the 2023 Free Flight (FF) Mulvihill competition! Hope puts her name in the history books by taking the top prize in the 100th anniversary year of the first Nats competition. Hope is pictured with her winning aircraft as well as a […]
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Model Aviation at EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh
EAA’s Airventure Oshkosh, July 24-30, 2023, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, will be celebrating its 70th year in 2023. The event is known as the largest annual gathering of aircraft and aviation enthusiasts in the world with more than 600,000 people in attendance. AMA volunteers and staff will be on hand at […]
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Horizon Hobby RC Fest: An Everything-RC Experience
The 2023 Horizon RC Fest was held June 9 and 10 at Eli Field in Monticello, Illinois. The AMA Flight Simulator Experience was on hand to provide the attendees with some stick time on the RealFlight® Simulators. Eli Field is Horizon Hobby’s field, home to designing and developing RC products. […]
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IAC Set for the 2024 Solar Eclipse
By Matt Ruddick, AMA Creative director IN AUGUST 2017, many throughout the contiguous US were treated to an event that hadn’t been seen in the lower 48 states since February 1979: a total solar eclipse. The path of totality stretched from the Oregon coast, through the Great Plains, and out […]
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RC Models are the Ancestors of Today’s Most Impressive Robots
By Tom Atwood Executive Director, The National Robotics Education Foundation, www.The-NREF.org Contributing Editor, Model Airplane News Membership, Air Age Media, http://membership.modelairplanenews.com We live at a time when robots are multiplying exponentially, amidst an explosion of nano-electronics and AI technology, and one can rightfully say that these machines are all direct descendants of […]
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AMA Members Set New National Records
To go farther, faster, higher—these are just some of the goals that foster competition among our members. While many members fly for fun, others want to push the boundaries as to what is possible. No doubt, competition drives innovation in model aviation. Both national and world records are set by […]
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National Fun Fly, Annual Membership Meeting Conclude
Fun, friends and fellowship—with an Annual Membership Meeting and AMA Foundation luncheon included—best describes the 2023 National Fun Fly (NFF). Nearly 100 members traveled from across the country to participate and share in the camaraderie of model aviation flying. “I feel the National Fun Fly was a huge success with […]
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The Navy Nats
Many members may not know that there was a time the Nats were supported by the US Navy. For those members who participated in those Nats, the fond memories and stories remain. Between 1948 and 1972, the US Navy allowed the AMA to hold Nats competitions on its’ Naval Air […]
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Joe Nall Week 2023 – Round Two!
Bucket List (noun): A list of the experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime. Example: “If you love model aviation, Joe Nall Week should be on your bucket list.” Truth be told, I had already checked off my Joe Nall Week bucket list […]
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AMA Chartered Clubs Serve as Community Connectors
The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) Chartered Club program started in the mid-1960s to create safe locations, flying fields, to help establish places to gather to enjoy the wonderful world of model aviation. The AMA Chartered Club program today charters more than 2,000 clubs in the US. The club flying […]
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