Bill, what do you mean by "a long time ago"? I have two airplanes I built and flew in contests in the late '70s. At my age the seventies doesn't seem that long ago. They both have my AMA number displayed on the right wing, which was the rule at the time. Don't know why the rule changed.
BTW, I took a hiatus from the hobby in the eighties and when I came back the AMA wanted to give me a new number, since four digit numbers were reserved for CD's. I had been a CD back in the seventies. When I sent them a picture of my old airplanes they reissued me my old number which had not been reissued. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Johns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] AMA numbers > At 02:14 AM 4/10/2005, you wrote: >>I wonder out loud whether numbers actually have merit... > > I seem to recall (it was a long time ago) that planes that were destine to > compete in AMA sanctioned contests had to have the AMA number prominently > displayed on a wing. Am I remembering that correctly? Was that ever a > rule? It obviously isn't a rule now. If it were a rule, when did it > change? Why?? > > Cheers, > > Bill Johns > > Goals are deceptive. The unaimed arrow never misses. > > Bill Johns > Colton, WA > USA > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and > AOL are generally NOT in text format > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
