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Celebrating Aviation Legends: Burt Rutan and Dan Kreigh Visit AMA’s IAC

View From HQ By Tyler Dobbs, AMA Executive Director | tylerd@modelaircraft.org As seen in the September 2026 issue of Model Aviation.AMA HAD THE distinct honor of welcoming two aviation legends, Burt Rutan and Dan Kreigh, to the International Aeromodeling Center (IAC) in Muncie, Indiana, on July 7-10. Joined by Burt’s wife, Tonya, the visit was a memorable celebration of innovation, friendship, and the lasting connection between model aviation and aerospace.Throughout their time at the IAC, Burt, Dan, and Tonya immersed themselves in the AMA community, visiting with members, staff,…

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37.969824213808error_displayable( $error = ??? ).../bootstrap.inc:142
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57.969824213808Drupal::config( $name = 'system.logging' ).../errors.inc:331
67.969824213808Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactory->get( $name = 'system.logging' ).../Drupal.php:421
77.969824213808Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactory->doGet( $name = 'system.logging', $immutable = ??? ).../ConfigFactory.php:89
87.969824214024Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactory->doLoadMultiple( $names = [0 => 'system.logging'], $immutable = TRUE ).../ConfigFactory.php:104
97.969824214136Drupal\Core\Config\CachedStorage->readMultiple( $names = [0 => 'system.logging'] ).../ConfigFactory.php:165
107.969824214760Drupal\Core\Cache\DatabaseBackend->getMultiple( $cids = [0 => 'system.logging'], $allow_invalid = ??? ).../CachedStorage.php:87
117.969824215920Drupal\Core\Database\Connection->query( $query = 'SELECT [cid], [data], [created], [expire], [serialized], [tags], [checksum] FROM {cache_config} WHERE [cid] IN ( :cids[] ) ORDER BY [cid]', $args = [':cids[]' => [0 => 'system.logging']], $options = ??? ).../DatabaseBackend.php:131
127.969824216968Drupal\Core\Database\Connection->prepareStatement( $query = 'SELECT [cid], [data], [created], [expire], [serialized], [tags], [checksum] FROM {cache_config} WHERE [cid] IN ( :cids__0 ) ORDER BY [cid]', $options = ['fetch' => enum Drupal\Core\Database\Statement\FetchAs::Object, 'allow_delimiter_in_query' => FALSE, 'allow_square_brackets' => FALSE, 'pdo' => []], $allow_row_count = ??? ).../Connection.php:664
137.969824217480Drupal\Core\Database\StatementWrapperIterator->__construct( $connection = class Drupal\mysql\Driver\Database\mysql\Connection { protected $target = 'default'; protected $key = 'default'; protected $logger = NULL; protected $driverClasses = []; protected $statementWrapperClass = 'Drupal\\Core\\Database\\StatementWrapperIterator'; protected $transactionalDDLSupport = FALSE; protected $connection = NULL; protected $connectionOptions = ['database' => 'dpl_jsvvhikdao', 'username' => 'vdmompnaig', 'password' => 'jC21cXfOuRnJw5HFKE', 'host' => 'devpanel-cluster-agebjmjp-aurora-cluster.cluster-coyf2dezrpfe.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com', 'port' => '3306', 'driver' => 'mysql', 'prefix' => '', 'collation' => 'utf8mb4_general_ci', 'namespace' => 'Drupal\\mysql\\Driver\\Database\\mysql', 'autoload' => 'core/modules/mysql/src/Driver/Database/mysql/', 'pdo' => [...], 'init_commands' => [...]]; protected $schema = class Drupal\mysql\Driver\Database\mysql\Schema { protected $connection = ...; 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