NYAA News

Wednesday July 22 – Arrival 2026 Jr Outdoor Free Flight team USA. Top Row (L-R): Emrick Smith, Johnny Mah-Gersting, Daniel Son, John Kim, Adith Alagiri, Reema Bharadwaj, Aurelius Lin. Bottom Row (L-R): Leah Park, Aarav Alagiri, Kiana Lin, Meital Zayats. Also pictured: Artorius Lin. We touched down in Skopje, North Macedonia past midnight to find ourselves lacking any internet or cell service due to a huge storm the day before that downed many power lines and towers. This

The USA Junior FAI Free Flight Team had a fantastic showing at the 2026 Junior World Championships in Prilep, North Macedonia, bringing home the GOLD for the Junior FAI F1APBPQ World Championship Team Challenge which is awarded to the team with the highest score cumultative across all events! Congratulations to all the competitors on their famtastic flying and working together as a team! Highlights include: 2026 Jr FAI F1ABPQ World Championship Team Gold F1P Team Gold - Reem

Congratulations to NYAA members, Kiana and Aurelius, for setting two new AMA Youth Junior National Records! Kiana set a record in F1Q Electric Power Outdoor Free Flight with 19 minutes, 47 seconds! Aurelius followed with a record setting 35 minutes, 18 second flight in F1B Wakefield Rubber-Powered Outdoor Free Flight! Hard work and practice have you soaring tto new heights! Way to go!