One More Time... Don't Call Them Toys!
Like many flyers, ANN's Jim Campbell got his start in aviation
via model airplanes... and that included an early membership in the
first aviation organization he'd ever joined -- the Academy Of
Model Aeronautics. So, it seemed natural that soomer or later he'd
get a chance to "return to his roots" and see what the model
aviation world was up to these days... and that story has to
revolve, primarily, around the AMA.
The Academy of Model Aeronautics tells ANN that are the world's
largest sport aviation organization, representing a membership of
more than 150,000+ from every walk of life, income level and age
group.
It is a 'self-supporting, non-profit organization whose purpose
is to promote development of model aviation as a recognized sport
and worthwhile recreation activity, an activity/organization open
to anyone interested in model aviation.
- AMA is the official national body for model aviation in the
United States.
- AMA sanctions more than a thousand model competitions
throughout the country each year, and certifies official model
flying records on a national and international level.
- AMA is the organizer of the annual National Aeromodeling
Championships, the world's largest model airplane competition.
- AMA is the chartering organization for more than 2,500 model
airplane clubs across the country. AMA offers its chartered clubs
official contest sanction, insurance, and assistance in getting and
keeping flying sites.
- AMA is the voice of its membership, providing liaison with the
Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Communications
Commission, and other government agencies through their national
headquarters in Muncie, Indiana.
- AMA also works with local governments, zoning boards, and parks
departments to promote the interests of local chartered clubs.
- AMA is an associate member of the National Aeronautic
Association. Through NAA, AMA is recognized by the
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI),
the world governing body of all aviation activity, as the only
organization which may direct U.S. participation in international
aeromodeling activities.
AMA Mission
The Academy of Model Aeronautics is a world-class association of
modelers organized for the purpose of promotion, development,
education, advancement, and safeguarding of modeling activities.
The Academy provides leadership, organization, competition,
communication, protection, representation, recognition, education,
and scientific/technical development to modelers.
Come Check Out The
Fascinating World Of
Model Aviation With AMA and Aero-TV!
About Aero-TV: It's DEFINITELY Show
Time!!!!
OK, folks, so far, so good... earlier this year
we initiated the first feature programming series for
Aero-TV... we decided to take it slow, but we also tried
a steady approach to building the aviation world's most
innovative news and information service. We hope you
understand that this is the most complex media program we've
ever undertaken and what you're seeing is just the tip of the
iceberg... but from here on out, we will be doing our best to
educate, inform, and entertain YOU about all aspects of the
exciting worlds of aviation and aerospace.
And yes, there is MUCH MORE to come... and soon.
If you've been an observer of the media and associated media
industries over the last few years, it's not hard to mistake the
fact that a massive revolution is taking place. Old sources for
news and information are falling by the wayside, having to change
their modus operandi or risk obsolescence (or extinction).
Electronic media and print media are both under the assault of
progress, and the online world has been a cornerstone for
revolutionary change.
Part of this amazing process is the fact that we're been
building and planning a massive new organization within ANN. That
said, we're hiring talented new people as
fast as we can find them (a far more difficult
task than we had imagined -- REALLY good people are hard to find),
and we're brainstorming at speeds that would make a deorbiting
Space Shuttle feel like a slug. Suffice it to say that we wanted to
do this right, rather than right-now, and that the development of
this program has been the most carefully pursued undertaking we've
ever undertaken.
E-I-C Note: The
complete feature shown above is embedded in this
story, with most of the slick and useful functionality
otherwise available on the main Aero-TV site (which will be
upgraded aggressively over the next few weeks). The ability to
embed a video on another web page is but one of the hundreds
of amazing little features that we've worked hard on, for many
months now, to implement in different phases of the initial
release of Aero-TV. It is, BY NO MEANS, the only way to enjoy
unaltered Aero-TV programming on other parts of the web... as we
have extensive plans for future functionality, but this
feature allows those with an interest in a specific Aero-TV News or
Feature program to embed it on a different web site, though we
must note that we reserve the right to forbid such use for those
sites or purposes that we do not feel fit in with the proper
mission of the Aero-News Network, Inc.
Webmasters or Administrators of well-trafficked aviation or
aerospace related sites, are welcome to contact the Publisher to
start conversations on how they may be able to leverage some of the
immense power of Aero-TV programming for their sites and
constituency by clicking the I Want Aero-TV For
MY Website! link.
Coming Soon!
Aero-TV Presents Takes A GOOD Look At Honeywell's
KFD840 and KNS770!, Checks Out the Cirrus SR20, Seeing What It
Takes to "Compete" As An AMT, Looks At The FAA FAASTeam
Program, Updates On The Garmin 495, Flying The Piper
Matrix, Gets Some GREAT Rotax Lessons, Gets Updated On ALL
Things Lopresti, Has A FUN Chat With Corkey Fornof, Sees What
Happens When AMTs Compete, Checks Out The Ltest in Life-Raft
Technologies, Checks Out More "HIGH" Tech at I/ITSEC
2007, Hears From AOPA On Critical Aviation Issues, Spills Some
Juicy (and HIGHLY Detailed) Cirrus G3 Info, Scores
A BUNCH of LSA Reports, and SO MUCH MORE!!!!! Do NOT Miss
Them!