ATHENS, GEORGIA- On a clear, sunny day what do you do? Bask under the warm sun? Go for a nice stroll around a pond? Launch your two thousand dollar creation 500 feet in the air and pray you land it without a scratch? Well that is exactly what over 2,400 model airplane clubs do throughout the country. Thousands of Academy of Model Aeronomics (AMA) members spend days, months, and sometimes even years, building model airplanes that resemble a spitting image of the planes that fly around the world.
The preparation that goes into flying these aircrafts is something members of the Athens Model Airplane Club hold sacred. They view this as an art form, a pastime, and something you can’t just learn to fly in a matter of minutes.
Which is why club members do not care for the new drone technologies that require little construction, and an even smaller amount of time investment. Drones are an increasingly popular Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) being used more and more each day. Amateur UAV’s are recreational users of drones that fly for a hobby.
Zack Watson 