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Important Update: Potential Holiday Shipping Delays

AMA continues to ship magazines, membership cards, and merchandise in a timely manner, but members might experience delays from postal services struggling to keep up with holiday demands. Due to the unprecedented volume of direct mail and packages this holiday season, our members might experience delays in receiving items from […]

Ep 54 – Astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson

  Transcript Matt: Hello again everybody welcome to another episode of the AMA podcast my name is Matt Ruddick your host as always thank you so much for downloading this week’s episode coming up today we’re going to be talking about building because October is model aviation build month and […]

AMA Podcast: Ep. 53 Wing with Adam Woodworth and Ben Brooks

MORE EPISODES >>   Transcript MATT (AMA): Hello again, everybody. Welcome to another episode of the AMA podcast. My name is Matt Ruddick, your host, as always. Coming up today we’ve got a really special interview that I’m excited to bring you guys. You know last week we had a […]

AMA Blog – Ep 48 – Charlie Bauer

In this week’s episode, we’re bringing you an interview recorded in July of 2017 with former AMA District VI vice president and Nats stalwart Charlie Bauer. We had the fortune to sit down with Charlie back in 2017 while he was competing in the Nats at the age of 87… just one year before Charlie passed away. We recorded this interview as part of our Model Aviation Nats coverage and in honor of Charlie and his dedication to the Nats, we wanted to bring you this interview in its entirety this week on the AMA Podcast. Charlie is accompanied by his son Peter in this interview.

PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE: COVID-19 IMPACTS MODEL AVIATION

The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has had a dramatic effect on our nation and our society. To a lesser extent, it has impacted the aeromodeling community. By the time you read this, we’ll hopefully be on the back side of the viral proliferation curve; however, as of today we’re […]

Staying Connected: AMA Facebook Hop

What exactly is a Facebook Hop you may wonder?    A Hop is a way to digitally connect individuals by taking them through multiple linked (tagged) Facebook pages/profiles. A group of people sign on to participate in the Hop by posting a themed piece of content to their Facebook newsfeed and connecting that post to another participant by tagging his […]

Drone Pilot: Meet Evan Turner

Name: Evan “HeadsupFPV” Turner Age: 16 Hometown: Maryville, Tennessee Matt Ruddick: How did you come up with your call sign? Evan Turner: Well, my friend (the one who got me into mini quads) and I were out flying our mini quads around some trees. This was one of my first […]

AMA Model Aviation Hall of Fame 2018 Class

Induction into the AMA Model Aviation Hall of Fame is one of the most prestigious honors that an AMA member can receive. AMA is pleased to announce the 2018 inductees: Tim Dannels, Robert Dodgson, Mark Freeland, Robert Kopski, and the late Cliff Telford. Established in 1969 to recognize those who […]

AMA Podcast Ep 1 – Tournament of Champions

The International Tournament of Champions (TOC) was an invitation-only Radio Control Pattern/Aerobatics event that focused on challenging pilots and providing the best spectator experience possible. It was one of the only model aviation events to have cash prizes – and certainly the only one to have huge cash prizes – […]