This month's features include:
- VSC XXI Coverage by Bill Byles
- Spinner Ring How-To, Making it Match by Chris Brainard
- Plus District and International Reports, Contest Results, and much more.
The July - August 2009 "Stunt News" is available for download to current PAMPA members.
To download the July - August 2009 Stunt News, make sure you are logged into the PAMPA Website and go HERE.
To download a copy of the 2009 PAMPA Membership Form, go HERE.
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Update (October 8, 2008) Paul Walker's updated 2009 AMA NATs CLPA Schedule as of October 8, 2008 is now uploaded.
Paul Walker has published the 2009 AMA Control Line Stunt NATS schedule. This schedule includes PAMPA Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Open, as well as OTS, and Classic Stunt flying times, locations, etc. Also on the schedule is the AMA Junior/Senior/Open times and location as well as the Walker Cup Flyoff.
The updated AMA 2009 NATS Stunt Schedule in Adobe PDF Format can be downloaded by clicking HERE.
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The PAMPA web site is configured to allow both the storage and retrieval of club newsletters by PAMPA members. As currently organized, the newsletters are available for download based on their AMA District. For international users, there is an international area as well. If there is sufficient interest, this can be further subdivided.
If your club has a newsletter that they would like to have posted on the PAMPA web site, please contact the PAMPA Webmaster . The preferable format is Adobe PDF, but if you do not have access to Adobe, other arrangements are available.
There are a lot of good newsletters out there with a lot of information on local activities, contests, building tips, etc. The PAMPA web offers a central location where they can be archived and retrieved without having to resort to mass emailings and the possibility of spam catchers deleting it prior to arrival.
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As most of you know, Bob Hunt, has labored hard to close the two month delay in the publishing of "Stunt News" that occured when he assumed his duties as editor. The "Stunt News" production crew was making progress in closing that gap. Still the gap was enough that Bob proposed, as an alternative plan to eliminate the delay, going straight to a July - August edition with a special year end edition to be published in December 2009.
Seven weeks ago, our layout person, Liz Helms, suffered a double fracture to her right arm due to a fall in her house. When the accident occured, Liz was 75% complete with the May - June issue of "Stunt News". The loss of her right arm significantly slowed the layout process to the point that Bob had no choice but to implement his plan to postpone publication of the May - June 2009 issue of "Stunt News" until Liz recovered, lest we lose the format and layout that has resulted in overwhelming approval from the PAMPA membership.
Liz is out of her cast and in physical therapy as of the third week of June, 2009. She quickly finished up the remaining work needed to publish an issue of "Stunt News." Because of the delay, the next issue to be published is the July-August 2009 "Stunt News".
Bob Hunt is committed to publishing six editions of "Stunt News" in 2009. To achieve that, he plans on publishing a special issue at years end that is somewhat reminiscent of the old "Model Airplane News" and "American Modeler" annuals with special features so that all PAMPA members will receive the number of issues they were promised when they joined or renewed their membership for 2009.
The staff that publishes "Stunt News" is collection of volunteers who do this because of their love of CLPA. We appreciate the patience of those who realize the monumental effort required for each issue "Stunt News", and we will do everything within our power to get six issues out in 2009 and start 2010 on cover date schedule.
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PAMPA is very pleased to announce the availability of a new, low-cost membership category!
As many of you know, the PAMPA staff has experimented with a digital and downloadable version of "Stunt News" for the past three months. The purpose of this test was to verify the viability of providing a quality product in a digital format. Based on the success of that experiment, we can now offer a PAMPA membership option that includes full access to all PAMPA published material, including the digital downloadable version of "Stunt News", for $25US. All the benefits of membership aside from a paper magazine or CD, for half the cost!
We believe this will be a real boon to those otherwise interested but unable to swing the (substantial but necessary) cost of delivering magazines and CDs. We all understand that the recent price increases for PAMPA membership put it out of reach or didn't meet the cost/benefit criteria, and we had been bandying this about for a year or so, but with the recent availability and proven practicality of providing the magazine on the website to the other membership categories, it's proven to be quite practical. We didn't want to act before we were sure it would work, and now we know it does.
The "boon" aspect of it definitely applies to the international members as well. Face it, $95 is A LOT of money. Now, you can get it for the same cost as US members.
One thing to note- the pictures in the downloadable (and CD) versions are all in color! That puts it one up on the printed magazine.
Note that this is practical only for those with reasonably high-speed Internet connections. The May/June SN is about 23 meg. If you have dial-up be prepared to wait a very very long time and I would suggest the chances are nearly zero of completing it without a disconnect at some point. But any sort of DSL/cable/T1 will work.
Note also that for the time being, you will still need to sign up conventionally - no on-line signup yet - we are working on that as well.
If you are interested, then download the PAMPA Membership Form in Adobe PDF Format and join today!
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The Precision Aerobatics Model Pilots Association (PAMPA) is a Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Academy of Model Aeronautics. We are an organization of approximately 800 members in 35 countries, whose common interest is model airplanes, specifically the kind that fly tethered on control lines, and perform STUNTS. The models are often very beautiful, and are carefully constructed from traditional materials like balsa wood, silkspan, and dope. Top models are beautifully finished and extremely light and strong for their size.
The mission of PAMPA is to promote and improve control line precision aerobatics events.
PAMPA membership also includes the organization's publication, "Stunt News" which is published six times a year as well as full access to the PAMPA web site. Professionally edited and published in both paper and CD format, "Stunt News" is the labor of many PAMPA members from around the globe sharing their knowledge, wisdom, and experiences. The PAMPA web site has digital articles available for download, club newsletters, pictures, District/Regional information, scoresheets, rules, and contest/event calendars available for on line viewing.
For information on membership, delivery options, and format available, download the PAMPA Membership Form in Adobe PDF Format.
If you have not already joined, we look forward to having you as a member of PAMPA.
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For information about PAMPA Membership, contact:
Dave Gardner
For information about PAMPA website, contact:
Bob Kruger |
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