Clubs in the News

The Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded a $75 Club Recognition and Reward Grant to the Celina Flying Sportsmen of Ohio. The Celina Flying Sportsmen Radio Control Club hosted its 29th annual swap meet at Celina High School on January 3, 2016. Model aircraft enthusiasts from multiple states attended the swap bringing odds and ends from their attics, garages and workshops. The swap meet received coverage preceding the event in the Celina Daily Standard on December 30, 2015. Additionally, final coverage of the swap was featured on the front page of The Lima News (pictured right). The club’s recent initiative – offering free flight training on Wednesday evenings in the summer – garnered attention in both newspapers. The club also works with the Boy Scouts, teaching them how to operate remote control aircraft. The AMA Club Recognition and Reward Program was established to encourage clubs to promote model aviation. The AMA offers clubs cash incentives for positive local media coverage for a public event, public service, club announcement, or other coverage. Click here to learn more about this program.

The Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded a $175 Club Recognition and Reward Grant to the Iowa City Aerohawks of Iowa. Local television station KWWL TV contacted the Iowa City Aerohawks to talk about the new FAA registration requirements and their effect on the model aviation community. Club president Rich VeDepo and Roger Schultz both expressed their dissatisfaction with new regulations, noting the 400 feet requirement to be most inhibiting. The story was broadcast on January 9 and the transcript of the broadcast can be found on KWWL’s website. The AMA Club Recognition and Reward Program was established to encourage clubs to promote model aviation. The AMA offers clubs cash incentives for positive local media coverage for a public event, public service, club announcement, or other coverage. Click here to learn more about this program.

The Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded a $75 Club Recognition and Reward Grant to the Ozark Mountain Barnstormers of Springfield, MO. The club held an inaugural Toys for Tots fundraiser on November 14, 2015 at their home flight site in Nixa, MO.  The event attracted the attention of the local Nixa Enterprise newspaper and it was detailed on the front page of the November 25, 2015 issue. With 50 people in attendance, the club managed to collect $600 worth of new, unwrapped toys which were donated to the Springfield U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. The AMA Club Recognition and Reward Program was established to encourage clubs to promote model aviation. The AMA offers clubs cash incentives for positive local media coverage for a public event, public service, club announcement, or other coverage. Click here to learn more about this program.

The Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded a $50 Club Recognition and Reward Grant to the Johnson City Radio Controllers of Tennessee. The club attracted the attention of a Northeast Tennessee magazine, Out-N-About in September 2015. Club members Rich Koenig and Mike Starnes were featured in the three-page spread about the Johnson City Radio Controllers and their interests in aircraft modeling. The AMA Club Recognition and Reward Program was established to encourage clubs to promote model aviation. The AMA offers clubs cash incentives for positive local media coverage for a public event, public service, club announcement, or other coverage. Click here to learn more about this program.

The Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded a $175 Club Recognition and Reward Grant to the Southwest Area Park Modelers. The club secured local media coverage of their event “The Charm City Fly-in.” Club members, Dr. Stan Blum, Bryan Green and Arthur Vail, were profiled in a Sept. 23, 2015 Arbutus Times cover story promoting the event. Additionally, the Baltimore Jewish Times published an online video (below) documenting the event. Proceeds from “The Charm City Fly-in” mostly benefit the Southwest Area Park Modelers so that they are able to continue to offer free youth membership (18 and under) to attract new members to the hobby. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ac9_xCMAk The AMA Club Recognition and Reward Program was established to encourage clubs to promote model aviation. The AMA offers clubs cash incentives for positive local media coverage for a public event, public service, club announcement, or other coverage. Click here to learn more about this program.

The Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded a $100 Club Recognition and Reward Grant to the Olympic RC Modelers of Washington. The club secured local media coverage of their fifth annual “Radio Control and Fun Fly-In.” Event details were published in the August 28, 2015 issue of the Peninsula Daily News. In addition, local news radio station KONP AM 1450 promoted the event on air from Aug. 24-30, 2015. The AMA Club Recognition and Reward Program was established to encourage clubs to promote model aviation. The AMA offers clubs cash incentives for positive local media coverage for a public event, public service, club announcement, or other coverage. Click here to learn more about this program.

The Academy of Model Aeronautics has awarded a $175 Club Recognition and Reward Grant to the Gateway RC Club of Jacksonville, Florida. The club’s drone and helicopter safety class attracted the attention of multiple Jacksonville media outlets. On August 24, 2015 Channel 4 News in Jacksonville spoke live with club members Steve Arrington and Billy Meadows about the ever increasing interest in drones. Click below to see the live coverage. The Florida Times-Union published three separate stories on Sept.11, Aug. 21 and Aug. 29 detailing the club’s drone safety class. In addition to this extensive coverage, six Jacksonville radio stations added the drone safety class to their event lists. The AMA Club Recognition and Reward Program was established to encourage clubs to promote model aviation. The AMA offers clubs cash incentives for positive local media coverage for a public event, public service, club announcement, or other coverage. Click here to learn more about this program.