President’s PerspectiveBy Rich Hanson, AMA President | richh@modelaircraft.orgAs seen in the June 2025 issue of Model Aviation.YOUTH PROGRAMMING is an integral part of the AMA’s fabric. Quite honestly, the organization was a youth program at its inception. In the 1930s and ‘40s, the average age of an AMA member was less than 30 years old.The first model airplane club in America was formed by a woman named E. Lillian Todd and was called the Junior Aero Club of the United States (later, Junior Aero Club of America). Founded in 1908, this club was formed to foster the education of future…
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