Alaska Radio Control Society, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
- Alaska Radio Control Society club information:
- activity: Aircraft
- number of members: 1
- located: Anchorage, Alaska, USA
The Alaska Radio Control Society (ARCS) was established in 1957 and is the largest and oldest Radio Control model club in Alaska. We currently serve over 100 members in Anchorage and the Mat-Su valley. Our outdoor flying sites include Elmendorf AFB and Storck Park in Anchorage, and Groeschel field in the Mat-Su valley. During the school year we also fly indoors at Teeland Middle School in Wasilla and Lumen Christi High School in Anchorage. All flight operations at our fields are conducted in accordance with both the national Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) safety code and our own local field rules (including our sound abatement policy). As a result, all our flight operations and fields are covered by liability insurance through the AMA.
Model aviation is a great springboard to get kids of all ages interested in math, science, physics, aerodynamics, electronics, engineering and all sorts of related technical disciplines. In addition, an interest in model aviation as children has led many people to enter either general or commercial aviation as adults and as any Alaskan knows, growing these future pilots is crucial to Alaska's development and way of life.
