FREE FLIGHT CLUBS

This list represents the clubs in the USA chartered with the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) as having their primary interest in free flight. Please help us keep this information accurate and up to date.
I'd be happy to create a section for international clubs. Send me your club's information.
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Email additions/corrections to: Alan Petersen

  Alabama  
 

Model Airplane Club of Huntsville

Contact:
Arthur R Thoren
10002 Bluff Dr SE
Huntsville, AL 35803-1704
Phone: 256-880-8099
Email: dthoren3@comcast.net

AMA chartered club number: 106
AMA district: V
NFFS Region: Southeast


 
     
  Arizona  
 

Phoenix Model Airplane Club

Contact:
Elmer Nelson
16215 S. 7th Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85045
Phone: 480-460-1366
Email: elmernelson@cox.net
Web site

AMA chartered club number: 760
AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West

Phoenix Model Airplane Club
 

Tucson Free Flight Model Airplane Club

Contact:
Jean F Andrews
1007 W Prince Rd #51
Tucson, AZ 85705
Phone: 520-887-5952
Email: GpaJeantucson@aol.com

AMA chartered club number: 3878
AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West

Tucson Free Flight Model Airplane Club
     
  California  
 

Bakersfield Flying Team

Contact:
Mike Keller
4594 Alpine Street
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Phone: 818-402-4748
Email: bftrocks@sbcglobal.net

AMA chartered club number: 145
AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West


 
 

Fresno Gas Model Airplane Club

Contact:
John T Oian
438 W Shaw Ave
Fresno, CA 93704
Phone: 559-222-1481

AMA chartered club number: 127
AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West

 
 

Oakland Cloud Dusters

Contact:
Richard Douglas
5303 Calderwood Ln
San Jose, CA 95118-2903
Phone: 408-266-3598
Email: philip_87@yahoo.com (Philip Scheiman)
Website: http://www.oaklandclouddusters.org/

AMA chartered club number: 138
AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West

Oakland Cloud Dusters
 

San Diego Orbiteers

Contact:
Howard Haupt
3860 Ecochee Ave
San Diego, CA 92117-4622
Phone: 858-272-5656
Email: haupt@worldnet.att.net
Website:www.sandiegoorbiteers.com

AMA chartered club number: 1113
AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West

 

San Valeers Model Airplane Club

Contact:
Ralph Prey
4859 W 97th St
Inglewood, CA 90301-3641
Email: ralphiprey@gateway.net

AMA chartered club number: 735
AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West

San Valeers Model Airplane Club
 

Sierra Eagles

Contact:
Craig J Cusick
4421 Coach Whip Way
Roseville, CA 95474

AMA chartered club number: 119
AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West

 
 

Southern California Aero Team

Contact:
Jim Parker
9524 Ruffner Ave
North Hills, CA. 91343
818-892-4110
Email: N89015@aol.com
Website:
www.faifreeflight.org

AMA chartered club number: 741
AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West

Specialty Free Flight interests: FAI

Southern California Aero Team
 

Southern California Antique Model Plane Society

Contact:
Kevin Sherman
951-737-7943
Email: julkevin@aol.com
Website: http://scamps.homestead.com/index.html

AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West
Specialty Free Flight interests: SAM

 

Stockton Gas Model Association

Contact:
Walter Ghio
1380 Elkhorn Dr
Stockton, CA 95209-4319
Phone: 209-478-8225

AMA chartered club number: 167
AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West

 
     
  Colorado  
 

Magnificent Mountain Men

Contact:
Pete McQuade
2610 Kenton Green Ct
Colorado Springs, CO 80920-5361
Phone: 719-522-1239
Email: themaxout@aol.com (Rick)
Website: http://www.themmmclub.com/

AMA chartered club number: 177
AMA district: IX
NFFS Region: Central

Magnificent Mountain Men
 

Model Museum Flying Club

Contact:
L Duane Hjerleid
4828 S Owens Way
Littleton, CO 80127-1231


AMA chartered club number: 178
AMA district: IX
NFFS Region: Central

Model Museum Flying Club
     
  Connecticut  
 

Glastonbury Aero Modelers

Contact:
Anthony Lincoln
26 Woodhaven Rd
Glastonbury, CT 06033

Phone: 860-659-2457
Email: tony.lincoln@cox.net
Website: http://home.att.net/~dannysoar3/GAM.htm

AMA chartered club number: 967
AMA district: I
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
 

SAM 7

Contact:
Allan Vollmer
14 Checkpoint Ln.
W. Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203-933-4400
Email: alsam-7vollmer@sbcglobal.net

AMA chartered club number: 771
AMA district: I
NFFS Region: Northeast
Specialty Free Flight interests: Old Timer

SAM 7
     
  Florida  
 

Florida Modelers Association

Contact:
Robert W Schuettler
PO Box 38
Lorida, FL 33857

AMA chartered club number: 3222
AMA district: V
NFFS Region: Southeast

Florida Modelers Association
 

Pensacola Free Flight Team

Contact:
Paul Grabski
312 Forest Hills Drive
Cantonment, FL 32533
Phone: 850-475-2297
Email: grab3939@bellsouth.net

AMA chartered club number: 203
AMA district: V
NFFS Region: Southeast
Specialty Free Flight interests: SAM, FAC, Nostalgia

 

SAM 46

Contact:
Donald L Brimmer
5924 16th Ln NE
St Peterburg, FL 33703-1702
Phone: 727-525-6667

AMA chartered club number: 2299
AMA district: V
NFFS Region: Southeast

 
     
  Georgia  
 

SE Kamikaze Squadron / SAM 47

Contact:
Mickey Walker
3121 Northview Pl SE
Smyrna, GA 30080-4446
Phone: 770-435-8158

AMA chartered club number: 207
AMA district: V
NFFS Region: Southeast

 
 

Thermal Thumbers of Metro Atlanta

Contact:
Frank Hodson
150 Hill Avenue
Fayetteville, GA 30215
Phone: 770-461-9870
Email: fhodson@bellsouth.net
Website: http://www.thermalthumbers.com

AMA chartered club number: 1834
AMA district: V
NFFS Region: Southeast

Thermal Thumbers of Metro Atlanta
     
  Illinois  
 

Calumet Aircraft Modelers

Contact:
Christopher C Starleaf
936 N Lafayette St
Sandwich, IL 60548-1300
Phone: 815-786-6490

AMA chartered club number: 486
AMA district: VI
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
 

Chicago Aeronuts

Contact:
C A Sotich
3851 W 62nd Pl
Chicago, IL 60629-4622
Phone: 773-735-1353

AMA chartered club number: 246
AMA district: VI
NFFS Region: Northeast

Chicago Aeronuts
 

Illinois Model Aero Club

Contact:
C A Sotich
3851 W 62nd Pl
Chicago, IL 60629-4622
Phone: 773-735-1353

AMA chartered club number: 254
AMA district: VI
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
 

Springfield Free Flight

Contact:
Charles J Hermaneck
9 Allen Bend Dr.
Decatur, IL 62521-5462

AMA chartered club number: 2037
AMA district: VI
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
     
  Indiana  
 

Central Indiana Aeromodelers

Contact:
Meredith Chamberlain
5810 Madison Ave
Anderson, IN 46013-1654
Phone: 765-643-1885
Email: thermalpiglet@yahoo.com(Lee Campbell)

AMA chartered club number: 1144
AMA district: VI
NFFS Region: Northeast

Central Indiana Aeromodelers
 

Indianapolis Model Airplane Club

Contact:
George S Emmelman
9540 Nora Ln
Indianapolis, IN 46240-1234

Phone: 317-846-9403
Email: emm91857@aol.com

AMA chartered club number: 1296
AMA district: VI
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
     
  Kansas  
 

Heart of America Free Flight Association

Contact:
Emil J Schutzel (indoor flying)
6801 Cherokee Ln
Shawnee Mission, KS 66208-2161
Phone: 913-362-3095

Mike Basta (outdoor flying)
9135 Hall Dr.
Lenexa, KS 66219-1177
Phone: 913-492-4830
Email: mdb713@everestkc.net
Web:
http://haffa.wikispaces.com/

AMA chartered club number: 2357
AMA district: IX
NFFS Region: Central

Heart of America Free Flight Association
     
  Massachusetts  
 

New England Wakefield Group

Contact:
Stanley V Colson
47 Sammet St
Everett, MA 02149-3139
Phone: 617-389-3313
Website: www.newg.info

AMA chartered club number: 717
AMA district: I
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
 

Merrimack Valley Air-ristocrats

Contact:
William Johnson
239 Ayer Rd. Lot 94
Littleton MA 01460
E mail abcmodels@jconsult.com

AMA Charter number 342
AMA district: I
NFFS Region: Northeast
Interest: Multi-interest, mostly Free Flight

 
     
  Michigan  
 

Detroit Balsa Bugs

Contact:
Randy Ryan
6985 Edwards Rd.
Belleville, MI 48111-1135
Phone: 734-697-8982
Email: iflyff@comcast.net

AMA chartered club number: 354
AMA district: VII
NFFS Region: Northeast

Detroit Balsa Bugs
 

Detroit Cludbusters

Contact:
Jack Moses
Phone: 248-952-1822
Email: knightec@comcast.net
Website: http://cloudbustermac.tripod.com

AMA chartered club number:
AMA district: VII
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
     
  Minnesota  
 

Minneapolis Model Aero Club

Contact:
Dave Edmonson
4747 Westminster Circle
Eagan, Minnesota
55122-2756
Phone: 612-220-5239
Email:
dedmonson@comcast.net

AMA chartered club number: 379
AMA district: VII
NFFS Region: Central

Minneapolis Model Aero Club
     
  Missouri  
 

Kirkwood Thermaleers Inc.

Contact:
Chris M Matsuno
8576 Ginger Dr
Saint Louis, MO 63114-4413
Phone: 314-426-3719

AMA chartered club number: 391
AMA district: VI
NFFS Region: Central

Kirkwood Thermaleers Inc
     
  Nebraska  
 

Nebraska Free Flight

Contact:
Hank Sperzel
203 Chevro Lane
Bellevue NE 68005
Phone: 402 291-5334
Email: HSperzel@cox.net

AMA chartered club number: 1887
AMA district: IX
NFFS Region: Central

 
     
  Nevada  
 

Vegas Antique Model Plane Society

Contact:
Robert W Chambers
3743 Colonial Dr
Las Vegas, NV 89121-4415

AMA chartered club number: 166
AMA district: X
NFFS Region: West

 
     
  New Jersey  
 

Crossing Free Flight Group

Contact:
Joseph J Maul
443 Miller Ave
Trenton, NJ 08610-4818
Phone: 609-586-4515

AMA chartered club number: 920
AMA district: II
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
 

East Coast Indoor Modelers

Contact:
Robert Romash
1208 Squirrel Rd
Marlton, NJ 08053-5012
Phone: 856-985-6849
Email: cgrain1@yahoo.com
Website: http://hometown.aol.com/Ronlecis/ecim.html

AMA chartered club number: 414
AMA district: II
NFFS Region: Northeast

East Coast Indoor Modelers
     
  New York  
 

Brooklyn Skyscrapers

Contact:
Dave Acton - President
Phone:914-948-4234
Email:davidPTacton@hotmail.com
Website: www.brooklynskyscrapers.org/

AMA chartered club number:
AMA district: II
NFFS Region: Northeast

Brooklyn Skyscrapers
 

Western New York Free Flight Society

Contact:
Ruth A Bane
60 Lake Ave
Lyndonville, NY 14098-9761
Phone: 585-765-9363
Email: windwhip47@aol.com
Website:
www.amadistrictii.org/wnyffs/index.html

AMA chartered club number: 1931
AMA district: II
NFFS Region: Northeast

Western New York Free Flight Society
     
  North Carolina  
 

Carolina Area Free Flight Association

Contact:
Carl Dowdy
210 Graduate Ct
Durham, NC  27713
Phone: 919-806-8527
Email: caffa@pobox.com
http://web.mac.com/carldowdy

AMA chartered club number: 4782
AMA district: IV
NFFS Region: Southeast

 
     
  Ohio  
 

Central Ohio Free Flight Club

Contact:
Robert L Perkins
2285 Pinebrook Rd
Columbus, OH 43220-4327
Phone: 614-451-3558
Email:
bp@columbus.rr.com

AMA chartered club number: 495
AMA district: III
NFFS Region: Northeast
Central Ohio Free Flight Club
 

Cleveland Free Flight Society

Contact:
Vernon D Neff
395 Silver Oaks Dr
Kent, OH 44240-4163
Phone: 330-673-5989

AMA chartered club number: 947
AMA district: III
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
 

Free Flight Aeromodelers Society

Contact:
Norm D Poti
5695 Marshall Rd
Dayton, OH 45429-6022
Phone: 937-439-4831
Email: epoti@who.rr.com

AMA chartered club number: 746
AMA district: III
NFFS Region: Northeast

Specialty Free Flight interests: gas, rubber, glider, fai, indoor

 
 

McCook Field Squadron

Contact:
Frank H Scott
6633 E Lefevre Rd
Casstown, OH 45312-9564
Phone: 937-335-3057

AMA chartered club number: 3960
AMA district: III
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
 

Northern Ohio Free Flight Association

Contact:
Rudy J Kluiber
2021 Lakeland Ave
Lakewood, OH 44107-5713
Phone: 216-226-6838
Email: rjkhoncho@aol.com

AMA chartered club number: 509
AMA district: III
NFFS Region: Northeast

Northern Ohio Free Flight Association
 

Southwest Ohio Free Flighters

Contact:
Edwin J Zeisler
110 Martin St
Cincinnati, OH 45217-1613
Phone: 513-641-2804

AMA chartered club number: 520
AMA district: III
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
     
  Oregon  
 

Willamette Modelers Club Inc.

Contact:
Glen R Grell
31748 Driver Rd
Tangent, OR 97389-9757
Phone: 541-926-7237
Email: wmc@peak.org

AMA chartered club number: 536
AMA district: II
NFFS Region: West

Willamette Modelers Club Inc
     
  Pennsylvania  
 

Erie Model Aircraft Association

Contact:
Ross P Mayo
2874 Willowood Dr
Erie, PA 16506
Phone: 814-836-1299

AMA chartered club number: 545
AMA district: III
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
 

Scale Old Timer Society

Contact:
Joseph W Koller
1156 Medway Rd
Philadelphia, PA 19115-2006
Phone: 215-677-2049

AMA chartered club number: 1295
AMA district: III
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
 

Skyscalers

Contact:
Thomas E Hallman
2553 Mill House Rd
Macungie, PA 18062-9099

Phone: 601-366-9529

AMA chartered club number: 2194
AMA district: III
NFFS Region: Northeast

 
     
  Texas  
 

Flying Aces in Texas

Contact:
Charles Hill
Email: chill@netropolis.net
Website: http://users.netropolis.net/chill/index.htm

AMA chartered club number:
AMA district: VIII
NFFS Region: Central

 
 

Texas Cloud Climbers

Contact:
Eddie O Vanlandingham
416 Country Meadow Dr
Mansfield, TX 76063
Phone: 817-478-2648

AMA chartered club number: 608
AMA district: VIII
NFFS Region: Central

     
  Virginia  
 

Brainbusters

Contact:
Abram Van Dover
112 Tillerson Dr
Newport News, VA 23602-4011
Phone: 757-877-2830
Email: vandover@cox.net

AMA chartered club number: 628
AMA district: IV
NFFS Region: Southeast

Brainbusters
 

Capital Area Antique Modelers Association

Contact:
Ralph D Smalley
6213 Lakeview Dr
Falls Church, VA 22041-1338
Phone: 703-658-0448
Email: jffplanes@pressroom.com (Jack Felter)
Website:
www.his.com/~tschmitt/002CAAMAPAGES/caamasam10.html

AMA chartered club number: 2605
AMA district: IV
NFFS Region: Southeast

Capital Area Antique Modelers Association
 

DC Maxecutters

Contact:
Hurst G Bowers
1649 Birch Rd
Mc Lean, VA 22101-4727
Email: tschmitt@his.com (Tom Schmitt)
Website: http://www.his.com/~tschmitt/index.html

AMA chartered club number: 1849
AMA district: IV
NFFS Region: Southeast

DC Maxecutters
     
  Washington  
 

Boeing Employees' Aerodynamic Modeling Society

Contact:
Keith Varnau
BEAMS Facilitator
7612 - 140th Place NE
Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: 425-885-2335
Email: keithvarnau@pugetsound.net
Website: www.beams.ws

AMA chartered club number: 3808
AMA district: XI
NFFS Region: Northwest
Type as listed with AMA: Free Flight Indoor - Rubber Power, Gliders, Electric
Specialty Free Flight interests: Youth and adults learning to design, build and fly model airplanes together.

 

Flying Aces Eagle Squadron #34

Contact:
Homer Smith
14719 - 32nd Drive SE
Mill Creek, WA 98012


Phone: 206-669-5111
Email: homer_smith@msn.com
Website: http://www.geocities.com/the_great_sam8/

AMA chartered club number: 3542
AMA district: II
NFFS Region: West

Flying Aces Eagle Squadron #34
 

SAM 8

Contact:
Bob Harper
Phone: 360-331-4225
Email: captnbob36@comcast.net
Website: www.geocities.com/the_great_sam8

AMA district: II
NFFS Region: West
Specialty: Mostly Old Time, but all Free Flight interests

     
  Wisconsin  
 

Bong Eagles

Contact:
Robert E. Black
1914 Empire Dr.
Waukesha, WI 53186-2615
Phone: 265-544-5694
Email: adamsjoe@msn.com (Joe Adams)
Website: http://kenanne.50megs.com/BongEagles/

AMA chartered club number: 2258
AMA district: VII
NFFS Region: Northeast

 

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