David and Sarah Oneal, hosts of That Drone Show, announced the date of the world premiere of The Drone Invasion documentary. DRONE INVASION PRESS RELEASE The premiere will take place at 5.30pm on Friday 23 September 2016 at the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles (DTLA Film Festival). It will be held […]
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Another Successful Indiana Warbird Campaign Event
The Indiana Warbird Campaign was held September 1-3. The event had a record number of registered pilots and a record number of spectators in its thirteen years of existence. The Dawn Patrol that was held each morning was a huge success and all the pilots were pleased. The Indiana Warbird […]
Continue reading2016 MultiGP Championship Winners
The reigning champion Shaun Taylor aka “Nytfury” took home the win and a $5k purse, followed closely by Jordan Temkin and SidFPV. Watch SidFPV in 2017, he’s 12 years old and got the fastest lap! Everyone was a winner, though, with almost 30’000 USD in prizes being handed out to […]
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Scott Anderson appointed as AMA’s National Leader Member Coordinator
AMA would like to welcome Scott Anderson as its new National Leader Member Coordinator. Scott comes from an aviation family, and loves both full scale and model aviation. He holds a private pilot’s license, and has been involved in Model Aviation for over 25 years. Shortly after soloing he attended his first precision […]
Continue readingTEAM USA secures a Bronze place finish
The F1B-Model Aircraft with Extensible Motors, “Wakefield” portion of the Junior World Championships is complete and Team USA is bringing home a Bronze medal for their efforts. F1P competition finishes today. Full details of the results can be found here
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AMA member featured for his work with flight testing
Original Story and Video: Defending America with the dream job Bic Green, AMA member and full-scale pilot, was recently showcased on WHNT in Alabama for his work test flying the Shadow, one of the Army’s best unmanned aerial systems. Soldiers and Marines are flying some 400 of them worldwide. Bic […]
Continue readingControl Line Enthusiasts Celebrate 20 Years at EAA KidVenture
It’s that time of year when more than 20 AMA members and Control Line enthusiasts from at least 14 states and France arrive in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to share their model flying passion with thousands of attendees visiting KidVenture at EAA AirVenture. It’s a special anniversary year for this group of […]
Continue readingMeet the 2016 US F1D team
The US team this year has eight members and one manager. The extra two members are the current senior and junior 2014 World Champions, Yuan Kang Lee and Even Guyette. The senior team consist of John Kagan, Brett Sanborn, and Joshua Finn. The junior team is David Yang, Wyatt Wear […]
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Love Model Airplanes? NASA is looking for you!
NASA internship application deadline for Summer Interns at Armstrong Research Center is 03/01/2016 for more information visit https://intern.nasa.gov
Continue readingAMA Remembers Mike David Gretz
Mike David Gretz (1952-2016) A man known for bringing Sig Manufacturing into the modern age of laser-cut kits and ARFs has passed away. Mike Gretz, lead designer for Sig Manufacturing, was also a modeler, world champion, and AMA Model Aviation Hall of Fame member. He had worked for Sig Manufacturing […]
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