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Local Area Fun Flyers News Coverage

The Local Area Fun Flyers (LAFF) are located in Bullhead City, AZ. The club was covered in the Mohave Valley Daily News on Dec. 27. The RC club has 30 members and they meet at the Rodney Briscoe Memorial Flying Field at Rotary Park in Arizona. LAFF is actively looking for other RC aircraft...
 
The Local Area Fun Flyers (LAFF) are located in Bullhead City, AZ. The club was covered in the Mohave Valley Daily News on Dec. 27. The RC club has 30 members and they meet at the Rodney Briscoe Memorial Flying Field at Rotary Park in Arizona. LAFF is actively looking for other RC aircraft...

Casa Grande RC Flyers Make Improvements To Airfield

The Casa Grande RC Flyers airfield located in Casa Grande, AZ recently installed WeatherLink, a new weather monitoring station. WeatherLink offers real-time information about current weather conditions which include temperatures, rainfall totals, humidity, wind speeds and direction. The data that...
 
The Casa Grande RC Flyers airfield located in Casa Grande, AZ recently installed WeatherLink, a new weather monitoring station. WeatherLink offers real-time information about current weather conditions which include temperatures, rainfall totals, humidity, wind speeds and direction. The data that...

Mid Coast Radio Control Club Receives Club Recognition and Reward Grant

The Mid Coast Radio Control Club recently received an AMA Club Recognition and Reward grant for $75. The club is located in Union, ME. The Mid Coast Radio Control group president, Greg Morse, invited “Village Soup” reporter Louis Bettcher to their airfield. The day was filled with information about...
 
The Mid Coast Radio Control Club recently received an AMA Club Recognition and Reward grant for $75. The club is located in Union, ME. The Mid Coast Radio Control group president, Greg Morse, invited “Village Soup” reporter Louis Bettcher to their airfield. The day was filled with information about...

Palomar Radio Controlled Flyers Club Receives AMA Club Recognition and Reward Grant

Palomar Radio Controlled Flyers club recently received an AMA Club Recognition and Reward Grant for $75. This club is located in San Marcos, CA. The club was recently in “The San Diego Union-Tribune” because the club needs a new home. They have been gathering in a big, vacant field in Fallbrook, CA...
 
Palomar Radio Controlled Flyers club recently received an AMA Club Recognition and Reward Grant for $75. This club is located in San Marcos, CA. The club was recently in “The San Diego Union-Tribune” because the club needs a new home. They have been gathering in a big, vacant field in Fallbrook, CA...

Hampton Roads Radio Control Group Holds Event for a Good Cause

The Hampton Roads Radio Control group hosted the 11th annual Toys for Tots Fly-in on Nov. 4. The event was held at their field in Suffolk, VA. All proceeds from the event went to the Suffolk’s Toys for Tots Program. More than 30 pilots registered for the event. There was a $10 landing fee or a...
 
The Hampton Roads Radio Control group hosted the 11th annual Toys for Tots Fly-in on Nov. 4. The event was held at their field in Suffolk, VA. All proceeds from the event went to the Suffolk’s Toys for Tots Program. More than 30 pilots registered for the event. There was a $10 landing fee or a...

Radio Control Sport Flyers Receive AMA Club and Recognition and Reward Grant

The Radio Control Sports Flyers recently received an AMA Club Recognition and Reward Grant for $50. The club is located in Kansas City, MO. The club hosted an AMA sanctioned memorial fun-fly on Sept. 17 to honor two recently deceased club members, Bob Processor of Greenwood and Herb Hestand of Lee’...
 
The Radio Control Sports Flyers recently received an AMA Club Recognition and Reward Grant for $50. The club is located in Kansas City, MO. The club hosted an AMA sanctioned memorial fun-fly on Sept. 17 to honor two recently deceased club members, Bob Processor of Greenwood and Herb Hestand of Lee’...

Desert Hawks Receive AMA Club Recognition and Reward Grant

The Desert Hawks recently received an AMA club recognition and reward grant for $75. This club is located in Lake Havasu City, AZ. The club hosted their 32nd Seaplane Classic which was held on Saturday, Nov. 4. The event was free to spectators. Sixty-one pilots registered for the event and had to...
 
The Desert Hawks recently received an AMA club recognition and reward grant for $75. This club is located in Lake Havasu City, AZ. The club hosted their 32nd Seaplane Classic which was held on Saturday, Nov. 4. The event was free to spectators. Sixty-one pilots registered for the event and had to...

Donor Spotlight: Donald William Carnes

It’s with great sadness we report the passing of AMA member Donald W. (Bill) Carnes of Florida. He passed in March 2017 at the age of 84. Bill was a long time member of the AMA and participant in his local model aircraft club in Naples, Florida. Bill is the newest member of the AMA Foundation...
 
It’s with great sadness we report the passing of AMA member Donald W. (Bill) Carnes of Florida. He passed in March 2017 at the age of 84. Bill was a long time member of the AMA and participant in his local model aircraft club in Naples, Florida. Bill is the newest member of the AMA Foundation...

Meet Our Veterans

The AMA salutes our veterans, including those who work at the AMA. A special thank you to Jay Smith, John Horner, Kyle Jaracz, Cliff McKee, Rob Kurek and Steve Weaver for your service and the many sacrifices you have made for our country. -Jay Smith is the Editor-in-Chief of Model Aviation and Park...
 
The AMA salutes our veterans, including those who work at the AMA. A special thank you to Jay Smith, John Horner, Kyle Jaracz, Cliff McKee, Rob Kurek and Steve Weaver for your service and the many sacrifices you have made for our country. -Jay Smith is the Editor-in-Chief of Model Aviation and Park...

Dewey O Broberg Scholarship Winner

Robbie Vanzyl was the 2017 recipient of the Dewey O Broberg Scholarship . Robbie is from Peachtree City, GA. Robbie was first exposed to the realm of RC in the 6th grade. While cleaning out a storage area with his dad, he discovered a Balsa Glider, also known as a “Foka” glider by the company...
 
Robbie Vanzyl was the 2017 recipient of the Dewey O Broberg Scholarship . Robbie is from Peachtree City, GA. Robbie was first exposed to the realm of RC in the 6th grade. While cleaning out a storage area with his dad, he discovered a Balsa Glider, also known as a “Foka” glider by the company...