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Model Aviation and Park Pilot Editor-in-Chief Jay Smith visits Torrey Pines to enjoy slope soaring. Read about Jay's trip in the March 2014 issue of Model Aviation.
Are you interested in knowing what the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) has to offer? This video, which was created by AMA's Mark Benson, showcases the various types of model airplanes that members of the AMA community fly and shows how fun flying is!
AMA's National Electric Fly-in held at the International Aeromodeling Center in Muncie, Indiana.
In this Hobby Express video, Mike Hines demonstrates how to cover a model airplane wing.
This student-produced video details the students' research, using a student-built subscale flying-wing sailplane that proved that proverse yaw can be achieved just as birds achieve it -- through wingtip aerodynamics alone.

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The first mass produced model airplane engine was designed and built by 16-year old Bill Brown, Jr. His friend, Maxwell Bassett designed model aircraft to test the engines. In 1933, flying with a gas engine, Max won the Mulvihill, Cabin model Stout, and the Moffeft International Trophy because the rules did not yet stipulate the type of power.

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