In the Air
Membership news and updates
from AMA Headquarters
AMA ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN!
AMA President
Candidates Received
Rich Hanson 8,026
Lawrence Tougas 4,902
Eric Williams 3,593
Write-in candidates
Frank Tiano 940
Others 63
District I Vice President
Candidates Received
Andy Argenio 873
Others 22
District V Vice President
Candidates Received
Robert (Bob) Brogdon 1,975
Others 78
District IX Vice President
Candidates Received
Jim Tiller 746
Others 13
AMA Thanks Its Lifetime Supporters!
The Academy of Model Aeronautics recently welcomed Life Members Bill Lewson, Mebane NC; Robert A. Scarkino, Washington UT; Randolph A. Marek, Houston TX; Donald R. Slusarczyk, Willoughby OH; Paul M. Thomas, Cortland NY; David Krizov, Stafford VA; Matthew C. Winit, Vancouver WA; Jonathan Becraft, Midlothian VA; Reza Fatemi, Mission Viejo CA; William L. Nybakken, Buffalo MN; and Michael R. Maxfield, Springfield VA.
For information about becoming a Life Member, contact AMA Headquarters at (800) 435-9262.
—AMA Membership Department
FALADA FILES
AMA Plans Service has acquired all of the plans designed by Gene Falada. Gene designed 92 highly detailed airplanes. Most were seaplanes of rare origin.
The ⅙-scale Bellanca Aircruiser has a 130-inch wingspan and is 85½ inches long. Its plans are 129 square feet and printed on six sheets.
You can order the Bellanca Aircruiser, plans number G56, for $53 by calling AMA Plans Service at (800) 435-9262, extension 507.
American Modeler and American Aircraft Modeler plans
AMA Plans Service has acquired the rights to American Modeler and American Aircraft Modeler plans and articles that were produced by Ed Sweeney’s Potomac Aviation Publications, Inc. These include issues printed between July/August 1966 and March 1975.
After we have finished the identification and digitalization processes for the plans, they will be available for purchase. Here are a few of the hundreds of plans you will find available through AMA Plans Service:
- Neutrino, Youngblood, 62-inch wingspan, RC, Gas, December 1967 (AMA #31400, $22)
- Akromaster, McFarland, 58-inch wingspan, Control Line Scale, Gas, November 1974 (AMA #32973, $17)
- Strato Streak 68, Heeb, 45-inch wingspan, Free Flight, Gas, December 1968 (AMA #31928, $8)
- Tail First Tenderfoot, Hannan, 11-inch wingspan, Free Flight, Rubber, November 1969 (AMA #29181, $3)
- Mod Pod, Michaelis, 54-inch wingspan, RC, Gas, May 1970 (AMA #60090, $8)
If you are unfamiliar with this magazine, it was produced under a variety of titles, starting as Air Trails in the late 1920s. In fact, according to our count, this particular magazine had 20 titles throughout the course of its half-century publication run (as well as several publishers). Here are its titles:
- Air Progress—Air Trails Annual for 1938
- Air Trails
- Air Trails—Aviation for Everybody (large format)
- Air Trails—Hobbies for Young Men
- Air Trails—The Model Builder’s Guide (large format)
- Air Trails and Science Frontiers (large format)
- Air Trails Annual for 1954
- Air Trails Bill Barnes Air Novel
- Air Trails Complete Bill Barnes Air Novel
- Air Trails Model Annual
- Air Trails Pictorial
- American Aircraft Modeler
- American Aircraft Modeler Annual
- American Modeler
- American Modeler—The Model Aviation Magazine
- American Modeler Annual
- Bill Barnes Air Trails
- Young Men
- Young Men—Hobbies, Aviation, Career
- Young Men—The Magazine for Tomorrow’s Technicians and Engineers
For trivia buffs, the AMA produced a section called “AMA News” that ran in American Modeler/American Aircraft Modeler during the years when Model Aviation was not produced, between July 1966 and March 1975.
—National Model Aviation Museum staff
