Edition: Model Aviation - 2011/11
Page Numbers: 9,10,11

Fun Teams: Model Aviation at Work
The Intel Corporation in DuPont,
Washington, has an initiative called
“Great Place to Work” (GPTW). Part of
this initiative is to develop “Fun Teams.”
The idea is to create a great workplace
environment and stimulate workers by
including activities directed specifically
at workers’ interests. Several teams have
already formed, including kayaking/
rafting, golf, soccer, basketball,
photography, and dancing.
James Holland, Senior Validation
Technician at Intel, has been taking his
RC airplane to work with him, flying in
the parking lot during his lunch hour.
After a while, several other co-workers
started to join him and soon they had a
group of about 15 pilots! Here is his
story.
“Just for fun, we started flying small
electric planes in the Intel back parking
lot during our lunch hour, with a small
group of guys that would fly every day,
even during the cold of winter. The
parking lot was fun, but not entirely safe
due to the fact that cars were coming and
going, and sometimes people were
nearby.
“At times, there were guys flying in
the rear parking lot, as well as the front
parking lot at the same time. It became
clear that we needed to establish some
sort of control to be safer, and so we
could continue to keep our site friendly
to presence of our aircraft.
“Intel’s GPTW program’s goal is to
entice interest in Intel as truly a Great
Place to Work by investing in the people
who work there. Part of this initiative
was to create Fun Teams of various
sorts. The list grew very quickly and
many different teams developed.
“The small group of dedicated fun
fliers saw this as a unique opportunity to
create an RC Fun Team. After
negotiations with the Fun Team and site
managers, the Intel RC DuPont Group
was formed.
“A vacant, unfinished parking lot on
the Intel property was graciously
approved by our site manager for our use.
We spent a few weekends removing rocks
from that area for a makeshift runway. It
was not as smooth as flying from the
parking lot, but now much safer as all fliers
are at the same place on the property, and
we no longer had to worry about cars,
people, etc. The trees surrounding the lot
always seem to catch any plane trying to get
away.
“The site managers moved some picnic
tables out there so we have places to work
on planes in our pit area. One by one, more
people noticed us regularly flying during
lunchtime and interested people began to
join us. Most could not believe at first that
this was an Intel-sponsored team!
“The Fun Team purchased two
networked RealFlight simulators with all
add-ons and 50-inch plasma screen monitors
for them. The simulators were set up in our
common game room, where all Intel DuPont
employees now have access to learn to fly
RC! When the weather is bad outside, the
networked simulators provide an excellent
alternative for some fun flying or to brush
up on our skills.
“Still in our infancy, we are now looking
forward to more members, more employee
exposure, and possibly site improvements
like runway surfacing, safety fencing,
signage, etc. We are interested in growing
this Fun Team to a whole new level of fun.
We have ideas such as fun-fly events, or
maybe introductory flight days with
instructor pilots with trainer systems at the
ready for first time pilots.
“We regularly have new aircraft showing
up at the field, and several new pilots which
have already learned to fly right here at their
place of work!
“The RC Fun Team is a unique kind of
team probably not seen yet at many
companies. There are many benefits to
having employer-sponsored Fun Teams. It is
an excellent way to bring people together,
and helps develop relationships which can
then benefit the company.
“Teamwork through diversity is what
truly makes Intel successful, and the Fun
Teams are an excellent way to bridge the
gaps between people of different
interests and backgrounds. The Fun
Teams enhance communication skills,
and help people open up, relax, and truly
smile as they have real fun!”
Intel Manager Gerardo Martinez
offered the following comments:
“I think the value of the company to
have a Great Place to Work is one of the
ways that we retain people and all come
back to work happy every day. It’s really
important to foster an environment where
the employees can relax and decompress
to later come back to be productive and
with a refreshed mindset.
“Creativity is not obtained by putting
pressure in the environment but the other
way around. The different fun activities
offered by the Great Place to Work
program creates a relaxed environment
where people interact in different
informal situations (not work-related).
Those bonds improve teamwork and ease
communication in the different
organizations.
“In the end, the company implements
these groups to improve moral, reduce
stress and have fun.” MA
10 MODEL AVIATION
INtheAIR
History Preserved:
The Navy Nats 1948-1972
For 25 years, the National Model Airplane Meet, National
A.M.A. Model Airplane Meet, or National Model Airplane
Championships—now known simply as the Nats—were held in
conjunction with the U.S. Navy, utilizing its staff, financial
backing, and Naval Air Stations (NAS) across the nation for
modeling events. The Navy was rewarded with good
advertising, goodwill, and influencing a new generation of
model (and full-scale) aviation enthusiasts.
Station locations rotated every few years and included the
following:
• Olathe NAS, Kansas: 1948 -1949, 1968
• Dallas NAS, Texas: 1950-1951, 1956, 1960, 1964
• Los Alamitos NAS, California: 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963,
1967
• Willow Grove NAS, Pennsylvania: 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965,
1969
• Glenview NAS, Illinois: 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970-1972
The AMA was fortunate to have had the Navy’s backing for
so long. As the 1970s loomed, the Navy’s budget for these types
of activities dwindled. In fact, the 1972 Nats was in jeopardy!
According to an AMA announcement dated March 30, 1972,
“Navy hosting of the Nats has hung by a slim thread for many
years. Several times since about 1964 the Navy came close to
dropping out of the Nats program. Each time there was a
reprieve—usually at the last minute. AMA officers waited out
very critical and trying delays in 1970 and 1971 as the Navy
sought various ways to somehow retain the program despite
severe shortages of funds, facilities, and manpower.”
A letter from the Department of the Navy, dated March 27,
1972, stated “We do not have the men or resources to continue
to support your program or others like it …We regret the
necessity to terminate Navy sponsorship of the National
Championships this year …”
But, with the AMA providing more financial and staff
assistance than ever before, and still with the possibility that the
whole thing would be canceled at the last minute, the Navy and
AMA were able to squeeze out one more year for a 25-year run.
The 1972 Nats was held July 24-30 at the Glenview NAS,
near Chicago. Despite heavy rain the first day, the event went
well and more than 2,000 registered participants attended.
The Navy had professional photographers on hand at the
events. Because of this, the National Model Aviation Museum’s
archives include quite a few boxes of great photographs from
various Navy Nats.
The staff photographers documented their photos with
lengthy descriptions of the subjects. Few photos from previous
or post-Navy Nats are as well
documented. Some gems from
the 1972 Nats have been
reprinted here. MA
—Jackie Shalberg
Museum Archivist
July 26, 1972—Susan
Losch, 13, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Losch, made some
minor repairs on her
rubber band-powered
Delta Dart glider.
Official Navy photo by
PH2 A. Castanga.
(Photo credit: U.S.
Navy. Source: National
Model Aviation
Museum Archives,
number 0001, AMA
Collection.)
July 28, 1972—A group of model airplane enthusiasts
ready an airplane for competition at the 41st National
Model Airplane Championships held in July 1972. The
members of Bregars Bombers of Ohio were (L-R)
Dan Bregar, 24, Robert Mellon, 26, Gary Schuster,
17, and Tom Cooke, 17. Official Navy photo by PH2
Gordy Michaels. (Photo credit: U.S. Navy. Source:
National Model Aviation Museum Archives, number
0001, AMA Collection.)
July 24, 1972—2½-year-old Mark Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jordan, sported a motorized pith
helmet which bore the insignia of previous model meets. Young Mark came to his first model meet roughly
two years before this photo was taken. Although Mark didn’t fly in 1972, he was out in the field following his
father who participated in the FF competition. (Photo credit: U.S. Navy. Source: National Model Aviation
Museum Archives, number 0001, AMA Collection.)
INtheAIR
November 2011 11
AMA Thanks
Its Lifetime
Supporters!
The Academy recently welcomed Life Members Anthony Santiago, Renton,
Washington; Jorge Wolf, Hollywood, Florida; and James Melton, Lutz, Florida.
For information about becoming a Life Member, contact AMA Headquarters
at (800) 435-9262. MA
—AMA Membership Department
AMA EXPO HOSTS
It’s official! Skip Stewart, AMA
member and X-Treme Pilot, will be a
special guest and presenter at AMA
Expo 2012. Skip is a champion XTreme
Pilot and has been a modeler
since he was 10 years old. His passion
for flight began with model airplanes
and a grandfather who was a cropduster.
That fervor for flight has grown.
Skip is an air show performer, airline
transport pilot, and a certified flight
instructor among many other
significant accomplishments within the
aviation world. To learn more about
Skip Stewart Air Shows, please visit
www.skipstewartairshows.com.
Details regarding special guests and
speaking times will be posted soon at
www.amaexpo.com. The AMA Expo
will be January 6-8, 2012, and you
don’t want to miss the special events
and guest speakers we have lined up!
AMA looks forward to seeing you
there! MA
—AMA Staff
X-TREME PILOT
SKIP STEWART
Edition: Model Aviation - 2011/11
Page Numbers: 9,10,11

Fun Teams: Model Aviation at Work
The Intel Corporation in DuPont,
Washington, has an initiative called
“Great Place to Work” (GPTW). Part of
this initiative is to develop “Fun Teams.”
The idea is to create a great workplace
environment and stimulate workers by
including activities directed specifically
at workers’ interests. Several teams have
already formed, including kayaking/
rafting, golf, soccer, basketball,
photography, and dancing.
James Holland, Senior Validation
Technician at Intel, has been taking his
RC airplane to work with him, flying in
the parking lot during his lunch hour.
After a while, several other co-workers
started to join him and soon they had a
group of about 15 pilots! Here is his
story.
“Just for fun, we started flying small
electric planes in the Intel back parking
lot during our lunch hour, with a small
group of guys that would fly every day,
even during the cold of winter. The
parking lot was fun, but not entirely safe
due to the fact that cars were coming and
going, and sometimes people were
nearby.
“At times, there were guys flying in
the rear parking lot, as well as the front
parking lot at the same time. It became
clear that we needed to establish some
sort of control to be safer, and so we
could continue to keep our site friendly
to presence of our aircraft.
“Intel’s GPTW program’s goal is to
entice interest in Intel as truly a Great
Place to Work by investing in the people
who work there. Part of this initiative
was to create Fun Teams of various
sorts. The list grew very quickly and
many different teams developed.
“The small group of dedicated fun
fliers saw this as a unique opportunity to
create an RC Fun Team. After
negotiations with the Fun Team and site
managers, the Intel RC DuPont Group
was formed.
“A vacant, unfinished parking lot on
the Intel property was graciously
approved by our site manager for our use.
We spent a few weekends removing rocks
from that area for a makeshift runway. It
was not as smooth as flying from the
parking lot, but now much safer as all fliers
are at the same place on the property, and
we no longer had to worry about cars,
people, etc. The trees surrounding the lot
always seem to catch any plane trying to get
away.
“The site managers moved some picnic
tables out there so we have places to work
on planes in our pit area. One by one, more
people noticed us regularly flying during
lunchtime and interested people began to
join us. Most could not believe at first that
this was an Intel-sponsored team!
“The Fun Team purchased two
networked RealFlight simulators with all
add-ons and 50-inch plasma screen monitors
for them. The simulators were set up in our
common game room, where all Intel DuPont
employees now have access to learn to fly
RC! When the weather is bad outside, the
networked simulators provide an excellent
alternative for some fun flying or to brush
up on our skills.
“Still in our infancy, we are now looking
forward to more members, more employee
exposure, and possibly site improvements
like runway surfacing, safety fencing,
signage, etc. We are interested in growing
this Fun Team to a whole new level of fun.
We have ideas such as fun-fly events, or
maybe introductory flight days with
instructor pilots with trainer systems at the
ready for first time pilots.
“We regularly have new aircraft showing
up at the field, and several new pilots which
have already learned to fly right here at their
place of work!
“The RC Fun Team is a unique kind of
team probably not seen yet at many
companies. There are many benefits to
having employer-sponsored Fun Teams. It is
an excellent way to bring people together,
and helps develop relationships which can
then benefit the company.
“Teamwork through diversity is what
truly makes Intel successful, and the Fun
Teams are an excellent way to bridge the
gaps between people of different
interests and backgrounds. The Fun
Teams enhance communication skills,
and help people open up, relax, and truly
smile as they have real fun!”
Intel Manager Gerardo Martinez
offered the following comments:
“I think the value of the company to
have a Great Place to Work is one of the
ways that we retain people and all come
back to work happy every day. It’s really
important to foster an environment where
the employees can relax and decompress
to later come back to be productive and
with a refreshed mindset.
“Creativity is not obtained by putting
pressure in the environment but the other
way around. The different fun activities
offered by the Great Place to Work
program creates a relaxed environment
where people interact in different
informal situations (not work-related).
Those bonds improve teamwork and ease
communication in the different
organizations.
“In the end, the company implements
these groups to improve moral, reduce
stress and have fun.” MA
10 MODEL AVIATION
INtheAIR
History Preserved:
The Navy Nats 1948-1972
For 25 years, the National Model Airplane Meet, National
A.M.A. Model Airplane Meet, or National Model Airplane
Championships—now known simply as the Nats—were held in
conjunction with the U.S. Navy, utilizing its staff, financial
backing, and Naval Air Stations (NAS) across the nation for
modeling events. The Navy was rewarded with good
advertising, goodwill, and influencing a new generation of
model (and full-scale) aviation enthusiasts.
Station locations rotated every few years and included the
following:
• Olathe NAS, Kansas: 1948 -1949, 1968
• Dallas NAS, Texas: 1950-1951, 1956, 1960, 1964
• Los Alamitos NAS, California: 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963,
1967
• Willow Grove NAS, Pennsylvania: 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965,
1969
• Glenview NAS, Illinois: 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970-1972
The AMA was fortunate to have had the Navy’s backing for
so long. As the 1970s loomed, the Navy’s budget for these types
of activities dwindled. In fact, the 1972 Nats was in jeopardy!
According to an AMA announcement dated March 30, 1972,
“Navy hosting of the Nats has hung by a slim thread for many
years. Several times since about 1964 the Navy came close to
dropping out of the Nats program. Each time there was a
reprieve—usually at the last minute. AMA officers waited out
very critical and trying delays in 1970 and 1971 as the Navy
sought various ways to somehow retain the program despite
severe shortages of funds, facilities, and manpower.”
A letter from the Department of the Navy, dated March 27,
1972, stated “We do not have the men or resources to continue
to support your program or others like it …We regret the
necessity to terminate Navy sponsorship of the National
Championships this year …”
But, with the AMA providing more financial and staff
assistance than ever before, and still with the possibility that the
whole thing would be canceled at the last minute, the Navy and
AMA were able to squeeze out one more year for a 25-year run.
The 1972 Nats was held July 24-30 at the Glenview NAS,
near Chicago. Despite heavy rain the first day, the event went
well and more than 2,000 registered participants attended.
The Navy had professional photographers on hand at the
events. Because of this, the National Model Aviation Museum’s
archives include quite a few boxes of great photographs from
various Navy Nats.
The staff photographers documented their photos with
lengthy descriptions of the subjects. Few photos from previous
or post-Navy Nats are as well
documented. Some gems from
the 1972 Nats have been
reprinted here. MA
—Jackie Shalberg
Museum Archivist
July 26, 1972—Susan
Losch, 13, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Losch, made some
minor repairs on her
rubber band-powered
Delta Dart glider.
Official Navy photo by
PH2 A. Castanga.
(Photo credit: U.S.
Navy. Source: National
Model Aviation
Museum Archives,
number 0001, AMA
Collection.)
July 28, 1972—A group of model airplane enthusiasts
ready an airplane for competition at the 41st National
Model Airplane Championships held in July 1972. The
members of Bregars Bombers of Ohio were (L-R)
Dan Bregar, 24, Robert Mellon, 26, Gary Schuster,
17, and Tom Cooke, 17. Official Navy photo by PH2
Gordy Michaels. (Photo credit: U.S. Navy. Source:
National Model Aviation Museum Archives, number
0001, AMA Collection.)
July 24, 1972—2½-year-old Mark Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jordan, sported a motorized pith
helmet which bore the insignia of previous model meets. Young Mark came to his first model meet roughly
two years before this photo was taken. Although Mark didn’t fly in 1972, he was out in the field following his
father who participated in the FF competition. (Photo credit: U.S. Navy. Source: National Model Aviation
Museum Archives, number 0001, AMA Collection.)
INtheAIR
November 2011 11
AMA Thanks
Its Lifetime
Supporters!
The Academy recently welcomed Life Members Anthony Santiago, Renton,
Washington; Jorge Wolf, Hollywood, Florida; and James Melton, Lutz, Florida.
For information about becoming a Life Member, contact AMA Headquarters
at (800) 435-9262. MA
—AMA Membership Department
AMA EXPO HOSTS
It’s official! Skip Stewart, AMA
member and X-Treme Pilot, will be a
special guest and presenter at AMA
Expo 2012. Skip is a champion XTreme
Pilot and has been a modeler
since he was 10 years old. His passion
for flight began with model airplanes
and a grandfather who was a cropduster.
That fervor for flight has grown.
Skip is an air show performer, airline
transport pilot, and a certified flight
instructor among many other
significant accomplishments within the
aviation world. To learn more about
Skip Stewart Air Shows, please visit
www.skipstewartairshows.com.
Details regarding special guests and
speaking times will be posted soon at
www.amaexpo.com. The AMA Expo
will be January 6-8, 2012, and you
don’t want to miss the special events
and guest speakers we have lined up!
AMA looks forward to seeing you
there! MA
—AMA Staff
X-TREME PILOT
SKIP STEWART
Edition: Model Aviation - 2011/11
Page Numbers: 9,10,11

Fun Teams: Model Aviation at Work
The Intel Corporation in DuPont,
Washington, has an initiative called
“Great Place to Work” (GPTW). Part of
this initiative is to develop “Fun Teams.”
The idea is to create a great workplace
environment and stimulate workers by
including activities directed specifically
at workers’ interests. Several teams have
already formed, including kayaking/
rafting, golf, soccer, basketball,
photography, and dancing.
James Holland, Senior Validation
Technician at Intel, has been taking his
RC airplane to work with him, flying in
the parking lot during his lunch hour.
After a while, several other co-workers
started to join him and soon they had a
group of about 15 pilots! Here is his
story.
“Just for fun, we started flying small
electric planes in the Intel back parking
lot during our lunch hour, with a small
group of guys that would fly every day,
even during the cold of winter. The
parking lot was fun, but not entirely safe
due to the fact that cars were coming and
going, and sometimes people were
nearby.
“At times, there were guys flying in
the rear parking lot, as well as the front
parking lot at the same time. It became
clear that we needed to establish some
sort of control to be safer, and so we
could continue to keep our site friendly
to presence of our aircraft.
“Intel’s GPTW program’s goal is to
entice interest in Intel as truly a Great
Place to Work by investing in the people
who work there. Part of this initiative
was to create Fun Teams of various
sorts. The list grew very quickly and
many different teams developed.
“The small group of dedicated fun
fliers saw this as a unique opportunity to
create an RC Fun Team. After
negotiations with the Fun Team and site
managers, the Intel RC DuPont Group
was formed.
“A vacant, unfinished parking lot on
the Intel property was graciously
approved by our site manager for our use.
We spent a few weekends removing rocks
from that area for a makeshift runway. It
was not as smooth as flying from the
parking lot, but now much safer as all fliers
are at the same place on the property, and
we no longer had to worry about cars,
people, etc. The trees surrounding the lot
always seem to catch any plane trying to get
away.
“The site managers moved some picnic
tables out there so we have places to work
on planes in our pit area. One by one, more
people noticed us regularly flying during
lunchtime and interested people began to
join us. Most could not believe at first that
this was an Intel-sponsored team!
“The Fun Team purchased two
networked RealFlight simulators with all
add-ons and 50-inch plasma screen monitors
for them. The simulators were set up in our
common game room, where all Intel DuPont
employees now have access to learn to fly
RC! When the weather is bad outside, the
networked simulators provide an excellent
alternative for some fun flying or to brush
up on our skills.
“Still in our infancy, we are now looking
forward to more members, more employee
exposure, and possibly site improvements
like runway surfacing, safety fencing,
signage, etc. We are interested in growing
this Fun Team to a whole new level of fun.
We have ideas such as fun-fly events, or
maybe introductory flight days with
instructor pilots with trainer systems at the
ready for first time pilots.
“We regularly have new aircraft showing
up at the field, and several new pilots which
have already learned to fly right here at their
place of work!
“The RC Fun Team is a unique kind of
team probably not seen yet at many
companies. There are many benefits to
having employer-sponsored Fun Teams. It is
an excellent way to bring people together,
and helps develop relationships which can
then benefit the company.
“Teamwork through diversity is what
truly makes Intel successful, and the Fun
Teams are an excellent way to bridge the
gaps between people of different
interests and backgrounds. The Fun
Teams enhance communication skills,
and help people open up, relax, and truly
smile as they have real fun!”
Intel Manager Gerardo Martinez
offered the following comments:
“I think the value of the company to
have a Great Place to Work is one of the
ways that we retain people and all come
back to work happy every day. It’s really
important to foster an environment where
the employees can relax and decompress
to later come back to be productive and
with a refreshed mindset.
“Creativity is not obtained by putting
pressure in the environment but the other
way around. The different fun activities
offered by the Great Place to Work
program creates a relaxed environment
where people interact in different
informal situations (not work-related).
Those bonds improve teamwork and ease
communication in the different
organizations.
“In the end, the company implements
these groups to improve moral, reduce
stress and have fun.” MA
10 MODEL AVIATION
INtheAIR
History Preserved:
The Navy Nats 1948-1972
For 25 years, the National Model Airplane Meet, National
A.M.A. Model Airplane Meet, or National Model Airplane
Championships—now known simply as the Nats—were held in
conjunction with the U.S. Navy, utilizing its staff, financial
backing, and Naval Air Stations (NAS) across the nation for
modeling events. The Navy was rewarded with good
advertising, goodwill, and influencing a new generation of
model (and full-scale) aviation enthusiasts.
Station locations rotated every few years and included the
following:
• Olathe NAS, Kansas: 1948 -1949, 1968
• Dallas NAS, Texas: 1950-1951, 1956, 1960, 1964
• Los Alamitos NAS, California: 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963,
1967
• Willow Grove NAS, Pennsylvania: 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965,
1969
• Glenview NAS, Illinois: 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970-1972
The AMA was fortunate to have had the Navy’s backing for
so long. As the 1970s loomed, the Navy’s budget for these types
of activities dwindled. In fact, the 1972 Nats was in jeopardy!
According to an AMA announcement dated March 30, 1972,
“Navy hosting of the Nats has hung by a slim thread for many
years. Several times since about 1964 the Navy came close to
dropping out of the Nats program. Each time there was a
reprieve—usually at the last minute. AMA officers waited out
very critical and trying delays in 1970 and 1971 as the Navy
sought various ways to somehow retain the program despite
severe shortages of funds, facilities, and manpower.”
A letter from the Department of the Navy, dated March 27,
1972, stated “We do not have the men or resources to continue
to support your program or others like it …We regret the
necessity to terminate Navy sponsorship of the National
Championships this year …”
But, with the AMA providing more financial and staff
assistance than ever before, and still with the possibility that the
whole thing would be canceled at the last minute, the Navy and
AMA were able to squeeze out one more year for a 25-year run.
The 1972 Nats was held July 24-30 at the Glenview NAS,
near Chicago. Despite heavy rain the first day, the event went
well and more than 2,000 registered participants attended.
The Navy had professional photographers on hand at the
events. Because of this, the National Model Aviation Museum’s
archives include quite a few boxes of great photographs from
various Navy Nats.
The staff photographers documented their photos with
lengthy descriptions of the subjects. Few photos from previous
or post-Navy Nats are as well
documented. Some gems from
the 1972 Nats have been
reprinted here. MA
—Jackie Shalberg
Museum Archivist
July 26, 1972—Susan
Losch, 13, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Losch, made some
minor repairs on her
rubber band-powered
Delta Dart glider.
Official Navy photo by
PH2 A. Castanga.
(Photo credit: U.S.
Navy. Source: National
Model Aviation
Museum Archives,
number 0001, AMA
Collection.)
July 28, 1972—A group of model airplane enthusiasts
ready an airplane for competition at the 41st National
Model Airplane Championships held in July 1972. The
members of Bregars Bombers of Ohio were (L-R)
Dan Bregar, 24, Robert Mellon, 26, Gary Schuster,
17, and Tom Cooke, 17. Official Navy photo by PH2
Gordy Michaels. (Photo credit: U.S. Navy. Source:
National Model Aviation Museum Archives, number
0001, AMA Collection.)
July 24, 1972—2½-year-old Mark Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jordan, sported a motorized pith
helmet which bore the insignia of previous model meets. Young Mark came to his first model meet roughly
two years before this photo was taken. Although Mark didn’t fly in 1972, he was out in the field following his
father who participated in the FF competition. (Photo credit: U.S. Navy. Source: National Model Aviation
Museum Archives, number 0001, AMA Collection.)
INtheAIR
November 2011 11
AMA Thanks
Its Lifetime
Supporters!
The Academy recently welcomed Life Members Anthony Santiago, Renton,
Washington; Jorge Wolf, Hollywood, Florida; and James Melton, Lutz, Florida.
For information about becoming a Life Member, contact AMA Headquarters
at (800) 435-9262. MA
—AMA Membership Department
AMA EXPO HOSTS
It’s official! Skip Stewart, AMA
member and X-Treme Pilot, will be a
special guest and presenter at AMA
Expo 2012. Skip is a champion XTreme
Pilot and has been a modeler
since he was 10 years old. His passion
for flight began with model airplanes
and a grandfather who was a cropduster.
That fervor for flight has grown.
Skip is an air show performer, airline
transport pilot, and a certified flight
instructor among many other
significant accomplishments within the
aviation world. To learn more about
Skip Stewart Air Shows, please visit
www.skipstewartairshows.com.
Details regarding special guests and
speaking times will be posted soon at
www.amaexpo.com. The AMA Expo
will be January 6-8, 2012, and you
don’t want to miss the special events
and guest speakers we have lined up!
AMA looks forward to seeing you
there! MA
—AMA Staff
X-TREME PILOT
SKIP STEWART