District V held Heli Fest on April 12th-14th in Statesboro Georgia. The event was hosted by Helen’s Hobbies at Prosser Field. Several pilots and spectators showed up to enjoy the beautiful weather and flying. The noon time demo flights were put on by AMA Youth Ambassador Nick Maxwell, Matt Botos, […]
Continue readingScholarship Deadline April 30th
The 2013 scholarship deadline is approaching. All applications need to be postdated no later than April 30th 2013. Applicants for the Charles H. Grant, Weak Signals, and Telford scholarships must apply during their senior year of high school and be a member of the AMA for 3 consecutive years. Applicants […]
Continue readingYouth Ambassador RJ Gritter wins ETOC!
The AMA would like to say congratulations to Youth Ambassador and Camp AMA Instructor RJ Gritter for winning ETOC! In early 2006, in the days when all I flew were glow-powered sport planes at my local club and hardly knew what 3D was, I was browsing the Flying […]
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Champaign Aviation Museum Urbana, Ohio
Located at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio. The Museum’s purpose is to restore and preserve aircraft specifically but not limited to the aircraft of World War II. It is also the intent of the Museum to operate these aircraft for static and flying displays. Stop in for a visit! LIKE […]
Continue readingAMA welcomes FOUR new clubs!
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 […]
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