AMA 1996 Nats Scrapbook
Credits
- Photos by Matthew Usher except as noted.
- Graphic design by Carla Kunz.
Event
- 70th Nationals — Muncie, Indiana
Photo captions
- Jack Lafret launches his sailplane.
- David Shulman (L) holds for Jason Shulman prior to Jason's pattern flight.
- Jim Sandquist entered his P-51D in RC Scale. (Troy photo)
- Bill Logan and Frank Beatty discuss center of gravity. (Ehlen photo)
- Improved pylon cages helped protect course workers.
- Austin (L) and Taylor Gunder help track a free flight model.
- New York's Bill Prensky launches his free flight nostalgia model.
- Tommy Brown (L) flew Frank Puleo's .21 Sport Speed model to second place. (Lee photo)
- Roy, Utah's Carl Redlin launches his Korda Wakefield.
- Catapult glider contestant Nick Walton, from Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin.
- Brett Buck practices C/L stunt with his Imitation XL.
- Larry Norvall looks for thermals during F1B Wakefield.
- Open House I winners (l–r): Mcintyre, Manfredi, Smith, Goff, and Maccarthy.
- District flags were flown in front of AMA's Muncie headquarters.
- Junior C/L scale racing winners (l–r): King, Westerheim, and Peters. (Willoughby photo)
- "Oh, #$%&*!"
- An on-site farmhouse was converted into the Nats headquarters building.
- Class B electric sailplane — Steve Moskal (L) times, Glen Poole (center) flies, and Wayne Fredette (R) launches.
- AMA's technical director Steve Kaluf double-checks the weather from Nats headquarters.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.





