Opening the Door to Flight

President’s PerspectiveBy Greg StoneAMA President | amapresident@modelaircraft.org   EVERY JOURNEY into aviation begins first with a invitation to explore. For many young people today, that invitation comes through youth programs such as Scouting, 4-H, Science Olympiad, and other schooland community-based activities. While these programs might look different on the surface, they share something powerful in common: they provide accessible, inspiring entry points into model aviation—and into futures shaped by science, engineering, and flight.Model aviation has always been more…