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25 pages Club
Radio Aircraft Modelers Society (RAMS)
Since 1969
Radio Aircraft Modelers Society (RAMS) AMA Club # 2434 Club History, 1969-Present Prepared by: Dr. Keith Numbers Contributors: Bill Lehn, Ron Van Putte, Bob Pinkus, Bill Neudigate, Chuck Fisher This document is a record of the RAMS Club history from inception to present day. The RAMS club is the official RC flying club operating out of…
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3 pages Club
Radio Control Modelers of Baltimore, Inc. (RCMB)
Since 1957
Flying Site Success Story Gunpowder Falls State Park – Model Airport in Maryland Cool heads, perseverance and cooperation have resulted in one of the finest model airports on the East Coast for the Radio Control Modelers of Baltimore, Inc. It all started many years ago under the guidance of the Club Executive Committee when permission was gained…
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8 pages Club
Rainbow Aero Modelers Society (RAMS Club)
Since 1980
A RAMS Club History - Part 1 Franklin, Wisconsin, founded November 6, 1980, AMA #1264 by Russell Knetzger, Editor, July 2010 The above sub-caption shows the RAMS will be 30 years old this November. In commemoration, President Tom Ryan asked me to write a brief club history. I was a lead founding member. Q. Are the Rainbow Aero Modelers Society…
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3 pages Club
Rice County Radio Control Flyers, Inc.
Club history
The Rice County Radio Control Flyers, Inc. History AMA Club #1785 In 1973, two radio control enthusiast, having recently moved to Faribault, Minnesota, attempted to locate anyone interested in flying model airplanes. Finding no one, they begin flying on a blacktop county road about a half mile south of town. It seemed only minutes after our flying…
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14 pages Club
Rocky Mountain Gas Model Club (RMGMC)
Since 1938
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GAS MODEL CLUB By members Bob Bradford, Earl Bradford, Don Langohr, Jr., Dick Sheppard, and Fred Staudaher, Jr. As told to Nick Shrauger November 8, 1997 The Club Prior to and after World War II there existed in Bozeman a unique and enterprising model airplane club. Members of this club confidently chose The Rocky Mountain Gas…