On Wednesday, December 16 the AMA Executive Council unanimously approved an action plan to relieve and further protect our members from unnecessary and burdensome regulations. This plan addresses the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)– The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) in Muncie, Indiana, is a hub for model aircraft enthusiasts, offering a rich history and a venue for national and international competitions ...

This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishes a cooperative working relationship between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA). Background AMA is a ...

In recent weeks, the FAA has solicited input from hobbyists and companies in the ‘drone’ industry, produced rules and regulations, and set up a registration system for all the quadcopters and flying ...

An industry group representing hobby model airplane enthusiasts since 1936 has asked federal agencies to stop characterizing their members as the irresponsible drone pilots who interfere with aircraft ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently published proposed rules for integrating small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), or drones, into our national airspace. These long awaited rules are ...

A local model aviation club – the Cincinnati Aeromodelers – hosted the Ohio Dawn Patrol flying event last weekend celebrating the family-oriented and educational hobby of flying model aircraft.

PORTLAND — A late longtime resident acclaimed as a man of many talents is being honored Saturday for his devotion to designing and building model airplanes. Irving W. “Bud” Chappell has been elected ...

The inaugural “Vintage Models Over Valley Forge” event on Sept. 30 attracted vintage model airplane enthusiasts from several states, local hobbyists and spectators. Held at the Valley Forge Signal ...

Ribbons of tickets trade hands for a drone raffle. It's DC Drone Day on a field in the part of western Maryland where suburbs give way to parks, rolling hills and farmland. The field is a weekend ...

Hear that buzz? It's the sound of drones sweeping the nation — literally. Increasingly cheap and easy to fly, quadcopters and other flying contraptions are introducing thousands to the joy of flight — ...