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  2. Academy of Model Aeronautics - Wikipedia

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    The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), based in Muncie, Indiana, United States at , is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of model aviation as a recognized sport as well as a recreational activity. It is the largest organization of its kind with a current membership of approximately 195,000 members, with nearly 57,000 of ...

  3. Model aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 scale display model Group of students with their wooden model airplanes in Sonta, Serbia, 1936. A model aircraft is a physical model of an existing or imagined aircraft, and is built typically for display, research, or amusement. Model aircraft are divided into two basic groups: flying and non-flying.

  4. Model Aviation - Wikipedia

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    Model Aviation is the monthly full-color publication written, prepared and distributed by the Academy of Model Aeronautics beginning in 1936 and established as an independent publication in July 1975. The magazine is based in Muncie, Indiana. [1]

  5. List of model aircraft manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Atlantis Model (USA) Atom (Japan) Attack Hobby Kits (Czech Republic) Aurora Plastics Corporation (USA) - sold their molds to Monogram in 1977, and later bought by Revell; Aurora-Heller (USA-France) AvanGarde Model Kits (AMK) (Macau, China) Avia (Russia) AVI Models (Czech Republic) Avis (Ukraine) AV-USK / Aviation USK (USA) AZ model (Czech Republic)

  6. Model Aeronautics Association of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Model Aeronautics Association of Canada (MAAC) is the official organization for all forms of the aeromodelling hobby, for model aircraft hobbyists living in Canada. Based in Burlington, Ontario, it was founded in 1949, and presently has over 13,000 members. MAAC is responsible for instituting official policies and regulations and guidelines.

  7. Free flight (model aircraft) - Wikipedia

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    F1B Model by Stepan Stepanchuk. Free flight is the segment of model aviation involving aircraft with no active external control after launch. Free Flight is the original form of hobby aeromodeling, with the competitive objective being to build and launch a self controlling aircraft that will consistently achieve the longest flight duration over multiple competition rounds, within various class ...

  8. Category:Model aircraft associations - Wikipedia

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    Model Aeronautics Association of Canada; N. Northern Ireland Association of Aeromodellers This page was last edited on 11 August 2023, at 17:19 (UTC). Text ...

  9. Control line - Wikipedia

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    Early versions merely constrained the model to fly in a circle but offered no control. This is known as round-the-pole flying.The origins of control-line flight are obscure, but the first person to use a recognizable system that manipulated the control surfaces on the model is generally considered to be Oba St. Clair, in June 1936, near Gresham, Oregon. [1]