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While at eFest 2015 ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, visited the headquarters of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and had the opportunity to sit down in a conversation with Dave Matthewson, the Executive Director of the AMA. In this video, we learn about the AMA, its past, present and future, and the role it plays in what modelers referred to as, “full scale aviation.” AMA is a member of the Airborne Partnership Initiative.