On the Fly Late-breaking news from Headquarters - 2003/05

Convention Participants
The Academy of Model Aeronautics
would like to thank all for making AMA
Convention 2003 a huge success! Your
participation is greatly appreciated.
We would also like to invite you back next
year, to AMA Convention 2004. Please keep
in mind that the show will be moving from
Pasadena, California, to the Ontario
Convention Center in Ontario, California,
and is scheduled for January 9-11. We hope
to have the pleasure of seeing you there.
If you have any concerns regarding show
operations or ideas to improve the show,
please do not hesitate to contact AMA
Headquarters at (765) 287-1256. MA
—Jay Mealy
Programs Director
Reminder to Clubs
During the week of February 3, 2003, the
AMA Membership Department began
mailing the 2003 club-charter-renewal
packages to all club contact people.
If you haven’t sent in your renewal
paperwork for 2003 (and a copy of your club
bylaws), your current charter will expire on
March 31, 2003.
The charter-renewal kit is available in
PDF format in the Membership Services
section of the AMA Web site at
www.modelaircraft.org. MA
—Lois Pierce
Club Secretary
AMA History Program
The AMA History Program has collected
nearly 275 biographies, and copies of the
biographies can be acquired for $4 apiece.
The History Program now has the capability
to do telephone interviews.
If you would like information about the
History Program and how to submit a
biography, please contact Assistant Historian
Stacey Shannon at staceys@modelaircraft.
org. MA
Control Line Jet Speed
Pull Test Increased
A Control Line Jet Speed record of 204.93
mph was set on December 7, 2002.
In accordance with the AMA rule book,
flight loads were computed using the
formulas in Competition Regulations. No
wire-size increase is mandated; however, an
increase in pull test is. As of this notice, the
pull test is increased to 56 Gs and the engine
(unenclosed) should receive an engine-mount
pull test of 56 pounds. MA
—Steve Kaluf
Technical Director
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Insurance Requirements and Safety
Standards for Giant Scale Racing
At the AMA Executive Council (EC)
meeting held in Muncie, Indiana, on February
8, 2003, the EC approved two key items
relative to Giant Scale Racing. The Unlimited
Scale Racing Association (USRA) submitted
to the AMA Safety and Insurance
Committees two proposals for changes to the
current requirements.
As a result of the committees’
recommendations, the EC voted to approve a
revised two-pylon racing course and to drop
the requirement established in 1995 for a
matching $2.5 million event-specific
coverage provided by the sanction event
sponsor. Both items are effective
immediately.
This is an example of an AMA Special
Interest Group (USRA) working with the
national organization to bring about positive
changes based on experience, a high level of
safety procedures, changes in nonbusiness
sponsors, and significant improvements in
aircraft integrity. MA
—Carl Maroney
Special Services Director
New Life Members
The Academy of Model Aeronautics
recently welcomed new Life Members
Hilarion Polintan (L791), Rene I. Nielson
(L727), Joel Custodio (L768), and Aaron T.
Bourdage (L484).
For information about becoming a Life
Member, contact AMA Headquarters at (800)
435-9262. MA
—Membership Department
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