On the Fly
Late-breaking news from Headquarters
Attention AMA Air Show Teams!
The second annual West Coast Air Show Team meeting is scheduled for Saturday, January 20, 2001. It will be held at the Sheraton Pasadena Hotel in Pasadena, CA, at 1 p.m. in the Cypress Room.
This meeting is open to all AMA air-show team members.
If you have an item for the agenda, please let AMA Programs Coordinator April Hathaway know, or contact Advisory Committee chair H. Michael Harrington. Make your travel arrangements early!
If you have any questions, please contact April Hathaway at (765) 287-1256, ext. 271, or via E-mail: [email protected].
Model Aviation Database
Have you ever tried to research an article or topic in Model Aviation, but didn't have enough information to locate it?
Soon, a new product will allow members to research a database of Model Aviation back issues from July 1975 to the present.
The Academy reached an agreement with Digital Publishing, Inc. (Leesburg, VA) to digitize previous issues of the magazine, and provide the information via the World Wide Web or CD-ROM.
- The Web site will be available by subscription.
- CD-ROM sets will be for sale.
- For each Model Aviation subscription and CD-ROM collection sold, the Academy will receive a commission from Digital Publishing.
In addition to providing a searchable research tool for members and model aviation enthusiasts, the Academy hopes these products will create an important source of non-dues revenue.
"It's vitally important to the future of the Academy that we seek other sources of revenue, so we are not dependent on membership dues," said AMA Executive Director Joyce Hager. "This agreement helps us move in that direction."
For more information, see the advertisement on page 60 of this issue.
— Rob Kurek Director of Publications
AMA Renewal Season
By the time this magazine is received, members should have gotten a customized Renewal Notice reflecting the price of his or her membership category (including credits or discounts) for 2001.
Payments must be received by December 15, 2000 to guarantee delivery of the March 2001 Model Aviation (if included with membership).
Also, Districts II, IV, VI, VIII, and X are up for election. Ballots for those districts' members must be postmarked by November 10, 2000.
— Colleen Pierce Membership Supervisor
Rules Change Cross Proposals
The following Cross Proposal submissions are not printed in their entirety. You can obtain the complete text by contacting the AMA Competitions Department, or logging onto the AMA Web site at www.modelaircraft.org/comp/competition.htm.
Free Flight Cross Proposals
- FF02-10 CP2
Changes existing proposal to only affect the new sections, and records that relate to limited. Existing events are left intact in all categories with no changes. Submitted by Charles Caton, AMA 95209
Radio Control Racing Cross Proposals
- RCR02-4 CP1
Modifies existing proposal to require
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
