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Build the Super Pearl 222-E
Web & Digital: AMA E-36 is an ideal entry point for powered Free Flight (FF) competition. The models are simple to build, yet exciting to fly. A good E-36 model can climb to 400-plus feet on a 10-second motor run then glide for several minutes without thermal help. Download free plans to build your own at www.modelaviation.com/bonuscontent.
AMA Jr. Camp 2021
Web: If you know someone age 5 to 13 who missed AMA Jr. Camp 2021, we have great news! You can now find the content for the online camp at www.amaflightschool.org/programs/ama-junior-camp-2021. The flight packs used for the virtual camp can also still be purchased at https://shop.modelaircraft.org/product/6093-ama-jr-camp-flight-pack/1431 for $59.95.
All Because of Model Airplanes
Take a step back in time when you watch All Because of Model Airplanes, written and directed in the mid-1990s by Model Aviation author Bob Benjamin. This promotional video about aeromodeling also highlights the AMA and the benefits of being a member. Primarily geared toward nonmodelers, the video introduces Free Flight, Control Line, and RC models and the variety of aircraft flown within each of those categories. Segments highlighting aeromodeling history offer glimpses of Jim Walker and Walt and Bill Good, while brief interviews with Brian Richmond, Gil Coughlin, Paul Walker, and Woody Blanchard showcase the value of aeromodeling for aviation-related careers. Check it out at www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4rJYqNCW18. Here are some YouTube comments about the video:
doro jr: I am Brazilian living in uberlandia and I was thrilled and happy to see this film, it was a relive of all my childhood and how it all started, really cool, it gave me more strength to start and take the models off the shelf, now it will be control line again. thanks to the producers./Dorovaldo Jr.
Jonny D: Wow!! I am so glad I found this video! Its 2021 today and I have been flying for 31 years. Some of the clips in this video I remember from my childhood. This video is amazing and while it is old it’s still embraces the current borrow aviation clubs and the meaning for flying remote control.
