On the Fly Late-breaking news from Headquarters - 2003/11

AMA Membership Meetings
The annual AMA Membership Meeting
will be held in multiple locations in 2004.
These important events will be key
opportunities to meet your elected AMA
representatives and talk to staff about the
critical issues of the day.
Meetings will be held at the AMA
Convention in Ontario, California, in January;
the WRAM Show in White Plains, New York,
in February; the Toledo Show in Toledo,
Ohio, in April; AMA Homecoming in
Muncie, Indiana, in June; and the RCHTA
Show in Chicago, Illinois, in September.
The Toledo and Chicago meetings are
tentative pending finalization of
accommodations.
Go to the AMA Web site (www.model
aircraft.org) to learn more about these shows.
For more information, contact your district
vice president or AMA Headquarters. MA
FCC Examines Broadband Over Power
Line Service (BPL)
The Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) has launched an inquiry into the
provision of broadband services through power
lines. This service would provide users with
the ability to connect to broadband services
(such as the Internet) by simply plugging a
BPL device into an electrical outlet.
Although AMA realizes the potential for
such a system, it is concerned that there may
be an interference issue for those who use
radio-control systems. BPL would use
frequencies in the 1.8 MHz to 80.0 MHz
range.
AMA is currently studying this issue to
determine the effect this could have on the
membership, and it is going to file a reply
comment with the FCC. Depending on the
outcome of this study, further action by the
AMA membership may be requested.
For more information, contact me at (765)
287-1256, extension 230, or at skaluf@
modelaircraft.org. MA
—Steve Kaluf
AMA Technical Director
History Program Booth
The AMA History Program will have a
booth at the Southwestern Aeromodeling
Conference scheduled for October 3-4, 2003,
in Arlington, Texas. AMA is collecting
biographies of as many modelers as possible
and would like yours. You can drop off your
biography at the booth or pick up a packet that
will help you write it.
In January the History Program will have a
booth at the 2004 AMA Convention in
Ontario, California, so you modelers on the
West Coast get busy and help preserve the
history of our great hobby.
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See you at one of the shows. MA
—Rich LaGrange
AMA Librarian
National Model Aviation Museum
Vintage, Classic, Modern
Aero Engine Sale
Gilding’s Auctioneers will hold the
Fifth Annual Auction of vintage and rare
aeromodeling engines at Market
Harborough, Leicestershire, December 6,
2003.
The collection of more than 200
engines from the late Doug McHard will
form the nucleus of the sale, and it will be
augmented by many other lots from private
collectors.
Gilding’s welcomes other entries of
vintage and classic model engines. Details
must be submitted to Gilding’s
Auctioneers (64 Roman Way, Market
Harborough, Leics, LE16 7PQ, United
Kingdom; Tel.: 01858 410410; Fax: 01858
432956; E-mail: [email protected];
Web site: www.gildings.co.uk) by October
31. MA
New Life Members
The Academy of Model Aeronautics
recently welcomed new Life Members
James Graver (L242), Dan Cramer (L877),
and James A. Beaulier (L546).
For information about becoming a Life
Member, contact AMA Headquarters at
(800) 435-9262. MA
—Membership Department
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