Academy of Model Aeronautics
District IV
Serving the model aviation community in Delaware,
the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia
This site is here for you, the District IV model aviator. It is our goal to
make your hobby a little more fun and maybe a little easier. Whether you are a
builder or a flier; control line, free flight, or radio control; soaring or
powered... we want to give you information that will help you, keep you
informed about what is going on, and hopefully even entertain you.
What's New:
Central Virginia RC Club (#4542) now has a website, and Sandhills Model Aircraft
Club (#1482) has a new website address. You can find their listings in the
Clubs section.
I was under the impression that no one read the Events section, but after
several inquiries, I've resurrected it. Check it out to find events coming up
in your area!
We have had several changes in our officers recently. Brad Booth is now our
Safety Coordinator, Scott Richlen is our new CL Aerobatics Contest Board
representative, and John Hunton has assumed the duties of the Electric Contest
Board representative. In addition, Bliss Teague, our District VP, has a new
email address. All of these updates can be found in the Officers section.
Two new sites have been added to our Links section:
One is a glider
manufacturer named Archangel that has some beautiful aircraft.
The other is our own John Worth's RC Micro
World, an online monthly subscriber magazine about the smallest and lightest of
RC models, for both indoor and outdoor flying. Explore this free site, and you
will be amazed at some of the unbelievably tiny components that are now
available.
Photographs of some beautiful Control Line Precision Aerobatics planes have
been posted in the Pictures
section.
Want to turn your hobby into an exciting career? Navmar Applied Sciences is
looking to hire RC pilots to fly their UAVs. If you're interested, be sure to
read
Become a UAV Pilot-1.pdf
.
A major focus of the AMA Education Committe is promoting aerospace education
activities across the country through school-based curricular and
extra-curricualr activities. AMA is looking for members who
currently are
or
have been
classroom teachers. If you have experiences to share and are interested in
assisting the Education Committee by participating in an on-line exchange of
activities and ideas, AMA would like to hear from you. Please send your name,
telephone number, email, and home address to
Jack Frost, AMA Education Coordinator
.
If you have not already done so, please read the
Emergency Safety Alert
.
1st U.S. R/C Flight School is looking for expert flyers to evaluate some of
their new training manuals. If you think you might qualify, or if you would
like to see what flight instruction the school offers, they are listed in the
Links section.
Sport Aviator
, an on-line supplement to
Model Aviation
, is up and running. You can find it in the Links section, at the AMA website
under Publications, or go directly to it at
www.masportaviator.com
. Please check out this site; you'll enjoy it.
AMA has assembled a very professional new PR package, appropriate for such
things as submission to local news media when seeking coverage for an upcoming
event. The package is available to clubs from AMA on request. An exciting new
video entitled "All Because of Model Airplanes" has also been released and is
available from AMA for $19.95.
If you are interested in how to build a low cost automatic
foam cutter, look in the Links section. Thanks to Tal Barnea for his effort.
What's Coming:
We are planning the addition of a section dedicated entirely
to District IV show teams. Any information or pictures you may have would be
greatly appreciated.
