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AMA Hosts Racing Celebrity
On May 25, 2004, Indianapolis 500
qualifier Felipe Giaffone stopped to visit
the International Aeromodeling Center
and decided that he wanted to make his
first flight at the facility.
He had been an AMA member for
slightly longer than a year and
acknowledged that he was a rookie. Felipe
wanted an experienced pilot to give him a
few pointers on piloting his Sig Extra 300,
and Programs Director Jay Mealy obliged.
Felipe qualified for the May 30
Indianapolis 500 in the 25th position,
Row 9, this year with a 216.259 mph
qualification average. He drove car 24, a
Dallara-Chevrolet, for Dreyer & Reinbold
Racing, to a 15th-place finish. MA
—Carl Maroney
Special Services Director
2004 Flying Site
Development/Improvement
Grant Recipients
AMA would like to announce the 2004
Flying Site Development/Improvement
Grant recipients. These awards provide as
much as 10% of the total cost of a valid
flying-site development and/or
improvement project, with a maximum
grant amount of $5,000.
For more information regarding this
program, visit the AMA Web site or call
Jay Mealy, Programs Director, at (765)
287-1256, extension 270.
Fort Wayne Flying Circuits (#285),
$500; Manitwo Flyers, Ltd. (#1008),
$5,000; Texoma Radio Control Modelers
(#275), $651; Rogue Valley Flyers
(#1408), $152; Hamilton Area Wireless
Kontrol Society (#788), $2,300; Flagler
County RAMS (#2047), $800; The Flying
Electrons (#667), $300; Somerset Model
Airplane Club (#3388), $1,500; Jetero RC
Club, Inc. (#1218), $700; Middlesex
Modelers, Inc. (#423), $5,000;
B.A.R.K.S. (#1017), $471; Montrose
Model Aircraft Association (#3814),
$5,000; and West Valley Helicopter Club
(#4501), $460. MA
—Programs Department
New Life Members
The Academy of Model Aeronautics
recently welcomed new Life Members
Don Koranda (L396), Daniel B. Rea
(L244), and Nicholas P. Nicholas
(NICHOLAS).
For information about becoming a Life
Member, contact AMA Headquarters at
(800) 435-9262. MA
—Membership Department
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