Rain and low ceilings pushed the start of competition back more than two hours on Tuesday. Once the field opened up, the 2026 NSRCA Nationals got a full day of flying in.
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Father-and-son duo, Don and Joseph Szczur, will compete against each other in FAI this week.
The 2026 National Society of Radio Controlled Aerobatics (NSRCA) Nationals opened today with the kind of day that sets the tone for the whole week: airplanes coming out of vans, pilots walking the flightlines, and everyone sizing up the air before a single official point goes on the board.
Scott Black and his pristine Viking NOS entry.
If the start of Bifecta day one was perfect, this was the definition of “complete opposite!”
Doug Adams-Anatol Polillo and Tom Skully show off their Nostalgia class-legal Challenger sailplanes.
Togetherness is the theme for this year's winch-launched events. AMA introduced its new competition rules for flying electric and winch together this year… mixed launch!
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Nats Demystified
In our final episode of Nats Demystified, Matt Ruddick talks to Wally Adasczik and Bob Sifleet about hunting thermals in Soaring and Free Flight events.
Join Matt Ruddick for another Nats Demystified where he talks to League of Silent Flight Secretary John Marien about how sailplanes are able to soar in windy conditions.
Matt Ruddick comes back for another episode of Nats Demystified to talk to four-time Nats champion Bob Sifleet about how free flight modelers find stray models.
In this episode of Nats Demystified, AMA's Matt Ruddick talks to League of Silent Flight President Wally Adasczik about sailplanes, particularly about on way these aircraft are launched into the air without the need for a propeller or tow-plane.
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