Model Aviation Day

WHEREAS, August 16, 2014, marks the second 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, August 16, 2014, marks the second year for National Model Aviation Day, with all club efforts going to support the Wounded Warrior Project; in 2013, there were 176 clubs registered for the event and $76,000 was raised to support the Wounded Warrior Project’s full range of programs and services for this generation of injured veterans and their families; and

WHEREAS, the West Alabama AeroModelers 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 16, 2014, as

Model Aviation Day

in the state of Alabama.