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  1. First page of Madison Area RC Society (MARCS)
    2 pages Club

    Madison Area RC Society (MARCS)

    Club history

    Madison Area Radio Control Society (MARCS), Madison, Wisconsin The following information was gathered from the MARCS’ website (www.marcswi.org), written by Ozzie Johnson and edited by Chris Spierings. According to the website, their history starts with two other clubs. From the 1930s to the mid-1940s, a short-lived modeling club served the…
  2. First page of Madison County R/C Flyers, Inc. (MCRCF)
    1 page Club

    Madison County R/C Flyers, Inc. (MCRCF)

    Since 1967

    Madison County R/C Flyers Inc., Madison County, Indiana The Madison County R/C Flyers club was started in 1967. According to the club’s website (https://madisoncorc.com/), where this information was gathered, the first meeting was held in modeler’s kitchen, where three officers were elected. There were 15 charter members. They started Fun-Flies in…
  3. First page of Michigan Soaring League
    2 pages Club

    Michigan Soaring League

    Since 1984

    Michigan Soaring League The Michigan Soaring League (MSL) was started in 1984 as a way to encourage contest attendance for various Michigan soaring clubs. The format changed little except with the change in clubs holding MSL contests and classes considered as MSL events. MSL was run by input from all flyers. MSL trophies were awarded to the top…
  4. First page of Mid-Arkansas Radio Control Society, Inc.
    2 pages Club

    Mid-Arkansas Radio Control Society, Inc.

    Since mid 1960s

    Mid-Arkansas Radio Control Society AMA Charter #107 www.themarcs.org History MARCS is the oldest RC club in Arkansas, and one of the early clubs to be chartered by the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) with charter number 107. The MARCS constitution dates back to the mid-1960s. Members flew at several locations prior to obtaining the present…
  5. First page of Millis Model Aircraft Club
    3 pages Club

    Millis Model Aircraft Club

    Club history

    This was written by Tom Kempf, published in Model Aviation magazine in the May 1981 issue. Flying Field Neighbors By: Tom Kempf It’s one thing to obtain a good flying site. It’s quite another to keep using it yearafter-year in harmony with nearby neighbors. This is a story of how an AMA chartered club found hosting of an annual Open House to be…
  6. First page of Milwaukee Association of Radio Control Clubs
    1 page Club

    Milwaukee Association of Radio Control Clubs

    Club history

    Milwaukee Association of Radio Control Clubs AMA Chapter #7 As indicated by its low AMA #7 Chapter number, this association, currently consisting of 16 Milwaukee and SE Wisconsin clubs, is one of the early AMA chapters. Founded in 1977 to promote creation of a Milwaukee County Parks public R/C flying site in Franklin, Wisconsin, which field could…
  7. First page of Milwaukee Model Aero Club
    6 pages Club

    Milwaukee Model Aero Club

    Club history

    Model airplane clubs have been around for just about as long as model airplanes. Then, as now, clubs have made our activity more enjoyable through fellowship, and advanced the state of the art through shared knowledge. Part 1. At age 10 in 1927, I became an “aeronaut.” Lindy flew to Paris, visited my adopted hometown of Milwaukee on his national…
  8. First page of Minneapolis Model Aero Club
    22 pages Club

    Minneapolis Model Aero Club

    Since 1930s

    The History of the Minneapolis Model Aero Club (July - September 2014 issue of Minneapolis Modeler newsletter) The next several issues of the Minneapolis Modeler will try to present the history of the club. Ray Lagermeier passed away one year ago at the age of almost 87. He might have been one of the early club members, being 13 at the time that…
  9. First page of Model Association of Central Kansas (MACK)
    2 pages Club

    Model Association of Central Kansas (MACK)

    Since early 1970s

    Larry Kruse wrote the following article for the February 1981 issue of Model Aviation magazines. Mack Field… Public Relations Pays What may work in one community to obtain a flying site may not be the full answer in another, because conditions vary. A common denominator frequently seen is regular communication with local organizations, high public…
  10. First page of Monmouth Model Airplane Club (MMAC)
    11 pages Club

    Monmouth Model Airplane Club (MMAC)

    Since 1950s

    Dick Sarpolus, Club Historian of the Monmouth Model Airplane Club, composed the following history of the club and submitted it to the AMA History Project in April of 2013. The Monmouth Model Airplane Club Our History 1964-On by Dick Sarpolus The Middletown Model Airplane Club, a C/L group, had been formed in the 1950s. Based in Middletown, NJ, the…