2017 NATS

This is the big one ladies and gents, the AMA Nats

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2017 NATS

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The 2017 AMA NATS will be held July 17-20. Once again, we will be flying 10 rounds of SSC, Open B, Scale 2948, GNAT and Limited B. Electric demos (E-1000, Stryker, etc..) when there is time.

Schedule of Events
RC Combat
July 17-20, 2017


July 16th
As soon as we have control of the field (including frequency control) and you have picked up your contest packet and badge, tech inspections and test flights can start.


July 17th
Tech inspections **** BY 7:30 AM.
Start (760) SSC - We will fly until the noon lunch break.
Start (755) Open B.

July 18th
Tech inspections **** BY 7:30 AM.
Finish remaining rounds of (760) SSC and (755) Open B.
Start (761) Scale 2948.
Pizza party and RCCA NPS Awards after flying has ended for the day!!!

July 19th
Tech inspections **** BY 7:30 AM.
Four rounds of Provisional Event GNAT.
Finish remaining rounds of (761) Scale 2948.
Start Provisional Event Limited B.

July 20th
Finish remaining rounds of Provisional Event GNAT and Provisional Event Limited B.

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First round is planned to start at 8AM each day to help prevent loosing rounds due to weather. Lunch Break will be planned for noon each day. We will fly until 5PM every day. Every attempt will be made to get in the rounds as planned. Days of the events will not change but the number of event rounds may be more or less in order to work around bad weather if needed. There will be a minimal break between classes.

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Saw it on the calendar. Put it on my calendar. Need to reserve a room.
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Get your hotel booked now. There is a convention in town Monday & Tuesday.
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We are ready to start taking 2017 Nats registrations. Forms can be found at http://nats.modelaircraft.org/nats-forms/

Instead of a large mailing we are doing an email push to all 2015 and 2016 competitors that have an email on file if we don’t have an email then they will receive a registration packet via US Mail. I hope to have the email ready either later today or sometime tomorrow.

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Get registered with AMA by June 16th to qualify for the RCCA goodies!!! Only a couple have so far.
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I have found through the years that calling the AMA and registering over the phone is the easiest for me. I just called today (1-800-435-9262) and Yolanda Jones (who I usually talk to) is out of the office til next week Tuesday (June 9th) and Colleen Pierce the other person to take phone registrations is out til next Monday (June 8th). FYI for everyone else who still needs to register.
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William,
Unless we get a last minute flurry of entrants (hopefully we do!), do we have the civil air patrol again this year for judges so we can go all up? It just wouldn't feel like the NATS with 2 heats of 4-5 people up at a time. I vote for a target-rich environment as they say and go all up!
Looking forward to it,
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The cadets will be helping us out again and hopefully cooking for us again.
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Here is the list of pilots registered with AMA. Tomorrow is the last day to get registered to qualify for engine and shirt giveaway. Registering by phone is the only way to get it done now.
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