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Welcome, control line race fans, to the 100th AMA Nats!

This year is marked with several noteworthy milestones. This is the 250th anniversary of the USA, the 100th AMA Nationals, and my 30th Nationals that I will have competed in.

Finals morning dawned cool with high overcast clouds and light winds…nearly perfect flying conditions. Flying began about 8:30 am.

Competition resumed on Thursday morning for the final round of preliminary flights. Mother Nature, however, had other plans. The low cloud ceiling experienced on Wednesday returned, along with a quartering crosswind blowing in from the north-northeast.

Nineteen Masters-class pilots gathered at 8 am on Wednesday morning for their third and fourth rounds. However, the weather gods had other ideas as the clouds were low, and the ceilings were only 400 to 500 feet at the start time. After several flights to determine whether the clouds had risen high enough to enable competition flying to begin, it was finally okay to fly without constraint.

Results from the competition rounds flown on Tuesday, August 19 can be seen on the National Society of Radio Controlled Aerobatics (NSRCA) website

The final day of the 2025 IMAC Nationals at AMA Headquarters brought the contest to a strong finish after a challenging weather delay. Unfortunately, Thursday's schedule was completely washed out due to persistent rain and low ceilings throughout the day, forcing contest organizers to push the remaining rounds to Friday.

With the conclusion of the 2025 AMA/LSF Soaring Nats, I'm left with a feeling of joy! The seasoned attendees and first-timers all had a great time flying with old and new friends. Glider Camp is just awesome!

It was another action-packed day at the 2025 IMAC Nationals in Muncie, Indiana, as competitors returned to Site 3 at AMA Headquarters ready to tackle a full schedule.

After a full day of practice yesterday, the 2025 IMAC Nationals officially kicked off contest flying today, at AMA Headquarters in Muncie, Indiana. Despite a foggy and low-ceiling morning that delayed our 6:45 am pilot meeting by nearly an hour, the IMAC pilots quickly got to work and made up for lost time with impressive efficiency and focus.