AMA Plans Service to Offer Northrop Plans
Background
We are excited to announce that the AMA Plans Service will soon be adding Bill Northrop's Plans Service collection to its sales inventory. Northrop plans can be traced back to Model Builder magazine, started by AMA Model Aviation Hall of Fame member Bill Northrop. Bill published Model Builder from 1971 through 1991, then sold the magazine to Gallant Models, Inc., which continued publishing it until 1996. Eventually, Model Builder featured more than 800 plans for sale—from RC, free-flight, and control-line model aircraft to boats.
When the magazine went out of business, Bill purchased the rights to the plans and compiled the Scratch Builder's Almanac, featuring the plans. Following his death in 2012, Bill's wife, Anita, continued to operate the business.
Next Steps
After several years of negotiations, AMA has assumed responsibility for the Northrop plans collection printing service. Anita will eventually donate the entire collection to AMA. When the plans arrive at AMA, AMA Plans Coordinator Greg Prater will incorporate them into the AMA's collection, with sales to follow.
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