Several AMA clubs across the country celebrated National Model Aviation Day 2026 on August 22. Learn more about some of the clubs that celebrated below:
The Rosewood RC Flyers
The Rosewood RC Flyers hosted an all-day event in honor of National Model Aviation Day. The club provided a lunch of burgers and hot dogs, which were grilled by several club members. With more than 20-plus pilots in attendance, many Scale, Sport, and Turbine aircraft were seen in flight. John McDill, member of the Rosewood RC Flyers, wrote that club members agreed that they needed to host this event again, even suggesting an additional event—a chili cookout—be held in October!
The Laurel Highlands Model Airplane Club
The Laurel Highlands Model Airplane Club began flying at their National Model Aviation Day event at 10 a.m., encouraging club members to bring their oldest planes to the field! Club members shared stories and memories associated with their most tenured aircraft, and the club provided pizza for attendees around noon.
The Dare County Radio Control Flyers
Located near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Dare County Radio Control Flyers held a National Model Aviation Day event under a threatening sky. Though their plans to grill hotdogs for lunch were canceled due to the weather, the club's instructor pilots, Jim Davis and Stephen Yanacek, worked tirelessly with five new member student pilots and five guests to get them into the air and back onto the ground safely throughout the four hours of flying that the weather allowed.
Did your club host a National Model Aviation Day event this year? We'd love to hear more about it! Send a write-up and photos to AMA Foundation Chief Communications Officer Clarissa Poston by emailing clarissap@modelaircraft.org for the chance to be featured on the AMA Foundation's website and social media.
