GIVING TUESDAY
IS NOVEMBER 29
AFTER THE THANKSGIVING leftovers have been devoured and the Black Friday madness has come to a close, it’s time to focus on giving back. GivingTuesday, a global generosity movement created in 2012, takes place on November 29 this year.
If aeromodeling is one of the things you love about life, make sure to give back to the hobby on GivingTuesday. You can easily make a donation online or through the mail. Learn more about how to give to the AMA Foundation at https://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amafoundation/donor-programs.
On the subject of Black Friday, if you’re still shopping for great deals on Amazon, don’t forget to support the AMA Foundation by shopping through AmazonSmile. For more information, visit https://smile.amazon.com and select the AMA Foundation as your charity of choice.
AMA Thanks Its Lifetime Supporters!
The Academy of Model Aeronautics recently welcomed Life Members Linheart F. Smith, Dedham MA; James R. Taylor Jr., Glenn Dale MD; Ryan J. McCaulley, Clinton Township MI; Michael R. Webers Jr., Sullivan MO; Erik A Munevar, Indianapolis IN; Allen Hauber, Bradford PA; Or D. Dantsker, Urbana IL; Jacob Rutledge, Louisville KY; William R. Pellerin, Rainier WA; Richard E. Rochford, Mesa AZ; Michael Lewandowski, Enfield CT; Tim Sparks, Unionville IN; Fitz G. Walker III, Pearland TX; Abel Janszoon Smith, Prescott AZ; Brian Shields, Overland Park KS; and Louis Anthony Martino Jr., New Hartford, NY.
For information about becoming a Life Member, contact AMA Headquarters at (765) 287-1256, ext. 129.
—AMA Membership Department
Build a Scale Flying Wing
AMA PLANS SERVICE houses all plans formerly sold through Model Builder magazine, Bill Northrop’s Plan Service, and the Scratch Builder’s Almanac. There are more than 18,000 plans in the collection.
Inspired by the full-scale Northrop N9M Flying Wing, Bill Young began designing a Stand-Off Scale model. After being unhappy with its flying characteristics, Bill created the N9M-A.
You can order plans for the Northrop N9M-A, plans number 8831, at https://plans.modelaircraft.org for $17.
- Aerial Age Weekly, May 3, 1915, issue, published by The Aerial Age Co. Inc.
We also have recent issues. For example, at the end of November 2022, two copies of this issue of Model Aviation will be put away in the library—one in storage and one on the library shelf.
We have full runs (or nearly full runs) of some of the most well-known American model aircraft magazine titles, such as Model Airplane News, Radio Control Modeler, Flying Models, and Model Aviation. We also have newsletters from clubs across the US and continue to expand the collection. We collect periodicals produced outside of the country, too, and have issues from roughly 30 countries so far, including Japan, Australia, Israel, India, England, Sweden, South Africa, Canada, and Argentina. We would not have such an extensive library collection without the generosity of our donors.
Do you have questions about the library? Contact Jackie Shalberg directly at jackies@modelaircraft.org or by phone at (765) 287-1256, ext. 511.
Are you interested in donating to the library? For magazine donations, we are looking for specific issues of certain titles. You can see our current wish list on the museum’s website at www.modelaircraft.org/museum/donate/museum-wishlist, or you can request a copy of the list to be sent to you via email or postal mail.
For book donations, we request a list of the books that you would like to donate. We’ll review your list and compare it with our collections database to see which books are needed. Approximately 70% of our book
collection records can be viewed on our Digital Collections website at https://modelaircraft.pastperfectonline.com/ under the “Books” section. If you have club newsletters you’d like to donate, send us a list of titles and we’ll let you know if we have those titles or not, and, if so, which issues we already have. A donation guide is on our website at www.modelaircraft.org/museum/donate/museum-donation-guide.
Do you want to learn more about Lee Renaud, for whom the library is named? Biographical information about Lee can be read on the AMA History Project website at www.modelaircraft.org/sites/default/files/RenaudLee.pdf.
Is there a subject or topic that you’d like to see us cover in our “History Preserved” column? Let us know! Your suggestion could appear in an upcoming issue.
