Academy of Model Aeronautics · National Model Aviation Museum
The people, clubs and companies that built model aviation, in their own words.
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Clubs under G
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10 pages Club
Gallup Model Airplane Club (GMAC)
Club history
The Air Fair Day flightline on June 30, 1957. (L to R): wearing a dark fedora, Ed Shibata Sr.; squatting and wearing an AMA cap, Edward Cousins; working on a Ringmaster, Bill Bickel; standing with no hat, Walter Shibata; wearing a white fedora, Warren Wakefield; wearing a dark baseball cap, Steve Meza; and wearing a plaid cap, Foster Batt.…
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1 page Club
Greater Cincinnati Radio Control Club
Since 1958
In 1958, the Greater Cincinnati Radio Control Club (GCRCC) formed. (Cincinnati modelers started the club under the name Queen City Radio Control Club, but that changed in 1960 when the club became incorporated.) Meetings were held at St. Gabriel church in Glendale, OH. Its purpose was to “among other things, promote the hobby of model aviation…
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8 pages Club
Greater Detroit Soaring and Hiking Society
Club history
This document or story will be presented in a couple of steps. The first will be a well written summary of the club by Bud Manning, one of the clubs founders. Bud’s history includes a lot of the items AMA asked for in their writing guide. The history concerns the very early formation of the club and some details until the 1980 time frame when Bud…
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4 pages Club
Guildhall Fun Flyers RC Club
Since 1988
Rusty Scott, Club Secretary, composed and submitted the following history. The Guildhall Fun Flyers It all started with two guys and a conversation at a small repair shop called Ed’s Place on North Road in Guildhall Vermont. Ed Robbins and Kevin Boswell were the architects of what would become the Guildhall Fun Flyers. Kevin worked for Ed in a…