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Indianapolis RC South will host its 28th Annual Fly-In for Diabetes

Indianapolis RC South will host its 28th Annual Fly-In for Diabetes on Saturday, September 14th, from 10am-5pm.  All proceeds from this event will go to the American Diabetes Association. This event is open to the public and admission is free.  There will be candy drops for the kids and concessions […]

AMAtureRCSpinsider- Camp AMA Pilots reach 10,000 views

At Camp AMA in 2012 several of the campers got together and formed a You Tube channel and Facebook page to provide reviews; and an accurate take on what life at Camp AMA is all about. The campers returned this year and took more photos and footage than anyone thought […]

District V Heli Fest

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, […]

Please 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 […]

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 […]

Featured 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 […]

Updates of AMA Flight System Documents

 The AMA posted on the AMA website its revised policies for R/C model aircraft operations utilizing First Person View (FPV) systems (AMA document # 550) and Failsafe, Stabilization and Autopilot Systems (AMA document #560) on November 2, 2012. After a two month review by aeromodeling stakeholders, including members of the […]

AMA Hall of Famer Verner Warren Kurth Passes

Verner “Warren” Kurth, member of the AMA Hall of Fame, aeromodeling enthusiast, and friend to the hobby has passed away at the age 79 in Davenport, Iowa.   Warren Kurth was born on April 5, 1933, in Bloomington, Illinois. His modeling career began with a sheet-balsa model kit when he […]

MESA rcFoam Fighters

The MESA rcFoam Fighters (Math, Engineering, Science, Achievement) is an after school club consisting over 50 sixth to eigth grade students. The program designs, creates, and evaluates STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) based projects through the lens of Remote Control Aircraft. Below is a little bit about their program from their leader […]