Model Aviation Day

WHEREAS, August 17, 2013, marks the first official declaration of National Model Aviation Day; the yearly celebration has been announced to encourage model aviation clubs around the country to promote the hobby; and

WHEREAS, model aviation has become a respectable hobby and an educational tool since the late 1400’s with Leonardo de Vinci’s first design of flying machines; and

WHEREAS, the Academy of Model Aeronautics represents more than 155,000 international members and is a congressionally-recognized, community-based organization; and

WHEREAS, the Radio Aero Modelers of Montgomery will promote National Model Aviation Day to people of all ages to learn and experience the thrill and fantasy of flight:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim August 17, 2013, as

Model Aviation Day

in the state of Alabama.