Transcribed & Edited by SS (11/2002), Updated by JS (10/2008), Reformatted by JS (01/2010)

Career

Editor of Brown Junior Motor News
Served as the third president of the AMA; was the first to have an AMA director in Washington, D.C.
Donated a trophy for Radio Controlled events at the Nationals as well as a cash award

Honors

1998: Model Aviation Hall of Fame

Edward Roberts President number three of the Academy of Model Aeronautics elected to serve from 1939 to 1942

It has been difficult to obtain reliable information about Roberts as no one has heard from him since 1942. He came to prominence in connection with one of the very earliest model gasoline engines produced and distributed commercially. William Brown of Philadelphia produced the engine and the name of his company was Junior Motors Corporation, 2545 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This company issued an offset news bulleting called Brown Junior Motor News. The editor of this publication was Edward Roberts.

Ed served as president of the AMA following Al Lewis. In the spring of 1939, Ed was the first president to have an AMA director in Washington, D.C., heading the model division of NAA while at the same time taking on the day-to-day operation of the Academy of Model Aeronautics. Ed Roberts was quick to see the value of Radio Controlled model aircraft and donated a trophy for this event at the Nationals. He donated a cash award to make the competition keen.

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