A record number of world championships are taking place this summer, providing US teams a chance to prove they can compete against the “best of the best” that the world has to offer. At the AMA International Aeromodeling Center (IAC) in Muncie, Indiana, the FAI F3N World Championships for Helicopters […]
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Interview with Joyce Hager
Interview by Rob Kurek, AMA Communications Director We recently sat down with Joyce Hager, AMA’s longest-tenured employee and asked her to reflect on her time working for the organization. She officially retires August 4, 2023. We were located in a one-bedroom apartment located at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C. I […]
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 […]
Horizon Hobby RC Fest: An Everything-RC Experience
Joe Nall Week 2023 – Round Two!
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 […]
AMA at Scott Air Force Base Airshow & STEM Expo
AMA Secures Higher Altitudes For Sanctioned Events
ON MARCH 8, 2023, AMA announced that it had finalized a process with the FAA that now allows for higher-altitude operations at our sanctioned events in uncontrolled (Class G) airspace. This new uncontrolled airspace waiver process is really step two of a multistep process. When Congress passed the FAA Reauthorization […]