Author: Jay Smith

Edition: Model Aviation - 2024/11
Page Numbers: 6
Portrait of Jay Smith wearing an AMA shirt

2024 AMA NATS

By Jay Smith, Executive Editor | jays@modelaircraft.org

Portrait of Jay Smith wearing an AMA shirt

ALTHOUGH WE MIGHT have different reasons for attending the Nats and competing with our peers, I think most will agree that the Nats is much like a homecoming where friendships are made and maintained, and a great opportunities to share information with like-minded individuals are provided.

What we each take away from the competition might also differ slightly, but I think many will agree with the thoughts of Howard Cosell: “The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.”

“The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.”
—Howard Cosell

In this issue, we provide you with many photos that showcase some of what took place at this worthy event. We also utilized the daily NatsNews reports of the competition, written by subject-matter experts in each event discipline. Without space to print them in their entirety, we tried to cover the highlights. You can read the entire reports by visiting https://nats.modelaircraft.org/nats-news.