Flying Site Assistance Program

The AMA Flying Site Assistance Program is underway and currently working to establish a network of volunteers to serve as the AMA's eyes and ears. These volunteers must be willing and able to devote time to read newspapers and listening and watching broadcast news programs. In addition, the volunteer must be aware of any activities in their location of residence that could impact either negatively or positively an existing flying site or a potential flying site.

The task of providing flying sites for the increasing number of modelers is becoming more and more challenging as time goes on. The single biggest problem for modelers is that they are not aware of movements within their communities that can have significant impact on their flying facilities. Activities such as the closing date of a landfill or the formation of a citizen's group to either design or modify a park or recreation area. These are activities which are usually reported on the back page of a newspaper or mentioned in passing in a news broadcast. Activities, which if known about in time, would allow the modelers a vehicle by which they could either improve or bolster their position in the community.

It is simply a matter of collecting such information, passing it to the AMA's Flying Site Assistance Coordinator and in turn having that information distributed to the modelers for their involvement.

Anyone interested in being involved with this ambitious program should contact one of the AMA Flying Site Coordinators at the following addresses:

Districts I-VII
Joe Beshar
198 Merritt Drive
Oradell NJ 07649
Phone: 201-261-1281
Fax: 201-261-0223
E-mail:

Districts VIII-XI
Wes De Cou
202 W. Desert Flower Ln.
Phoenix AZ 85045
Phone: 480-460-9466
Fax: 480-460-9434
E-mail: