Academy of Model Aeronautics

This is a Go Fund Me site for the 2024 United States Senior F3J Team that will compete in Norway in late July. Team pilots include: 1) Amy Pool, 2) Neal Huffman, 3) Jody Miller, 4) Dave Bradley Jr and Josh Glaab (me) will be the Team Alternate Pilot and Team Manager. The included photo is from the 2022 World Championship Team Award in Levice, Slovakia where the US won the Gold Medal.

Amy Pool: Amy has been flying and competing at a very high-level for years. Amy has many wins in her competition history and frequently instills fear in her male counterparts at R/C soaring events. Many men consider it to be a great competition day if they can beat her. Amy is the returning Female World Champion pilot. But I know that Amy cherishes her role in the 2022 US F3J Team Gold Medal probably more than being World Champion. In 2022, the F3J rules were changed to allow teams to include up to 4 pilots if one was a female. Amy participated in the preceding US Team Selection and was up to the challenge of heading to Levice, Slovakia to represent the US Team. The plan was for Amy to serve as a back-up if one of the male pilots didn't have a good showing. She flew with incredible determination, focus, and skill and not only provided a backup score for the team award, but qualified for the Flyoffs and was the #2 US Pilot. Her contributions directly resulted in the US F3J Team winning the Gold Medal by a large margin. As a note the woman at the 2022 F3J World Championships put on quite a show with Amy in the flyoffs and Carolin Weihe just missing the flyoffs for Team Germany.

2) Neal Huffman is the 3-time US F3J Team Pilot and came in 2nd in Levice, Slovakia in 2022. Neal has been flying at the World Champion level for many years and has a passion and commitment to competing at a very high-level. Neal's performance in 2022 was excellent just missing winning overall. In 2018 Neal qualified 2nd overall but had a mid-air in the flyoffs but still placed 5th.

3) Jody Miller is also a 3-time US F3J Team Pilot who finished 2nd in 2018 in Romania. Jody didn't make the 2022 US F3J Team but served as the Team Manager. In this capacity Jody excelled in 2022 and was a major reason the US Team won the Gold Medal. For this cycle, Jody has the ability to be the first person to win a US F3J Team Gold Medal as a Pilot as well as a Team Manager.

4) Dave Bradley Jr qualified for his first US F3J Team in 2023. Dave has been flying for decades starting as a child. Dave brings a power and mastery to soaring and drives his aircraft optimally. Dave had a great 2023 season and definitely leveled-up his pilot skills significantly.

5) Josh Glaab has been flying R/C sailplanes for 50 years and is the US Team Alternate pilot. Josh was also part of the Gold Medal winning 2022 US F3J Team and was the #1 US Qualifying pilot at Levice, Slovakia (Qualifying 3rd overall). Josh came in 5th in the flyoffs. For this cycle, Josh is the Senior Team Manager and joins Jody Miller as the only ones able to win Gold Medals as both Team Pilots and Team Managers.