Please give a warm welcome to our newest additions to the charter club program: Watertown Aeromodelers RC Club (Watertown, WI), Sinkland RC (Christiansburg, VA), Blowin’ Money RC (Walnut, IL), and Eco-Friendly Little Airplane Society (Port Orchard, WA)! LEARN MORE ABOUT AMA CHARTERED CLUBS > FIND A CLUB NEAR YOU >
Continue readingPlease take our AMA member survey by April 12
We are implementing several research surveys during the next few months to help us serve you with new or improved services and membership value. Not only is the survey available here for you to complete, it was emailed to specific members representing criteria such as their length of membership. If […]
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Calling all electric flight enthusiast
If you’re into electric flight and don’t get Park Pilot, you’ve missed a lot! The Winter 2013 issue had all kinds of fun and exciting content, including the “Solar-Powered Charging Stations” cover feature, and eight Pilot’s Choice Product Reviews from seaplanes and aerobats to scalelike racers and heavy-metal warbirds. Park […]
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AMA Hobby Shop Program offers many rewards
Congratulations to Richard Morgan, winner of the AMA hobby shop program’s monthly member drawing. This monthly drawing gives each new member that signs up at a hobby shop the chance to win $100 to spend at the store where they signed up for their membership. This is just one of […]
Continue readingThe AMA is proud to announce our newest education partner: the Soaring Society of America !!!
The AMA is proud to announce our newest education partner: the Soaring Society of America (SSA). The SSA was formed in 1932 to foster and promote all phases of full-scale soaring or gliding, which is flying in a specially-designed plane that does not have an engine. The SSA […]
Continue readingAMA Officer Nominations Due – Correction
In the March and April issues of Model Aviation, the nomination announcement mistakenly identified the date that a letter of acceptance and a résumé of professional qualifications and model aviation experience from the nominee must be on file at AMA Headquarters as July 15, 2013. The correct date is July […]
Continue readingAMA Clubs Encouraged to Participate in First Annual National Model Aviation Day, August 17, 2013.
To celebrate the storied history of model aviation, AMA chartered clubs are encouraged to take part in the first annual National Model Aviation Day on August 17, 2013. Clubs across the country are invited to host an event of their choice to celebrate the day. Clubs are encouraged to reach […]
Continue readingBasil and Dorothy Cooper Memorial Scholarship
The Basil and Dorothy Cooper Memorial Scholarship, established in 2012, will be granted to a current college student pursuing an engineering or technical degree while enrolled at an accredited four-year institution. Scholarship founder, Basil Cooper Jr., has established this $500 scholarship in memory of his parents, Dorothy and Basil Cooper […]
Continue readingFeatured Pilot- Mitch Marozas
I am Mitch Marozas. I am 15 years old and live in Chicago, Illinois. I have been flying RC helicopters since I was about 6 years old. It all started when I was 4 years old and found my dad’s old RC airplanes and helicopters in a closet and wanted to know what they were […]
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AMA Member Chris Anderson – The Rise of the personal UAV
Chris Anderson is the former editor of WIRED magazine and founder of DIY DRONES, co-founder and CEO of 3D robotics. Chris Anderson’s presentation on the main stage at AMA EXPO 2013. SUPPORT AMA learn more about AMA EXPO >
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