Ep 59 - The Torrey Pines Gulls

11/23/20 • 39 min

The Torrey Pines Gulls, one of the first AMA Chartered clubs dedicated solely to RC soaring, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The Gulls operate three fields in San Diego County: The Torrey Pines Gliderport in La Jolla, the Poway Flight Center in Poway and Encinitas Flight Center in Encinitas; all used for various disciplines of soaring such as thermal, wench, discus launch and of course slope soaring. They have played host to the International Hand Launch Glider Festival for 25 years and helped in the development of FAI F3K as an aeromodeling discipline.
Joining us on the AMA Podcast today to talk about the Gulls is club president Ian Cummings and club historian Gary Fogel.
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Ep 58 - Burt Rutan from AMA Expo 2010

On today's episode, we're sharing one from the archives! This is a presentation from AMA Expo 2010 by non other than world renowned aerospace designer, Burt Rutan. Burt shares some incredible stories about designing Space Ship One as well as his long history of innovative designs and risk-taking projects. If you'd like to see the video of this presentation, you can check out modelaircraft.org/expotop10 for this and other amazing presentations from AMA Expo.
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Ep 60 - Southern Tier Aero Radio Society (STARS)

The Southern Tier Aero Radio Society, founded in 1935 as the Olean Model Airplane Club, is easily one of the oldest clubs in the United States.. pre-dating the entire AMA by a full year. STARS, as it is now known, was instrumental in helping to develop the Giant Scale model aircraft movement in the mid 1970’s and achieved national fame with magazine articles and covers showing their 1/4 scale Bristol Scouts, which launched the Giant Scale revolution. The STARS has received numerous awards and recognitions including the Historic Preservation Award, the Award of Excellence and has been an AMA Gold Leader Club since the 1990’s. Their club field features both grass and geo-textile runways, a spectator fence, a covered open-air pavilion and a pilot shelter.
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