Primarily, the AMA field is the home to several free flight contests each year. Check the 2005 AMA on line calendar for specific usage, I'm thinking the club sanctioned FF events add up to about a month. I have not heard the Muncie guys complaining about the AMA field, they have their own flying site where they hold most of their monthlies. Outside of the Nats, the field is basically open during the week days all year and is used by the locals for FF, power and sailplane flying as well as visitors from around the country arriving in motor homes.
I have seen large groups of youth being taught power flying by AMA employees, so as far as the field is concerned, AMA is on the right track in trying to promote the hobby. There are just a few sailplane clubs that do a bang up job of helping beginners. Tom, from my Sky Bench experience, I can tell you there are more guys flying sailplanes that don't belong to clubs than do belong. Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Kitching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RCSE" <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Nats Issue and AMA ED > Well sure, they shouldn't have a problem giving up their flying site for > whole month. > Seeing how Indiana has a nice and warm year 'round flying season, an > entire month shouldn't be an issue at all. > > Dan > > TJB wrote: > > > > > Are there really that many pilots in Muncie that they can't spare a > > month out of the year for competition? And one issue a year about > > competition shouldn't be such a big deal. How are people going to > > learn about it and become interested? I guess it won't be long before > > AMA becomes the AEA (All Electric Association), like many of the > > soaring clubs. Heck, the majority of the soaring pilots in our area > > don't even want to have a club. They just get together at a field and > > fly, no club, no dues, no contests, no hassle. > > > > T > > > > T&G > > 32 Mount View Dr > > Afton, VA 22920 > > > > 540 943-3356 > > fax 943-4178 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James V. Bacus" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <soaring@airage.com> > > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 6:22 PM > > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Nats Issue and AMA ED > > > > > >> That's not what I heard from the editor of the mag. I heard that the > >> AMA received numerous letters from members that were tired of seeing > >> an entire issue about competition. There is a similar issue with > >> members not liking the AMA facilities and grounds being used for an > >> entire month for competition which they supposedly received letters > >> about. So a number of days was cut from Nats this year. > >> > >> So in one year we almost lost a day at Nats, but shifted to starting > >> on Friday to keep all the dates and we have lost the magazine > >> coverage for the Nats. > >> > >> It seems a growing number of modelers are not interested in contest > >> flying. > >> > >> I think that's unfortunate because that's my favorite part about > >> soaring. And the Nats issue was my favorite issue for the entire > >> year, now it's just a Christmas catalog of advertisements. > >> > >> > >> > >> At 08:32 PM 10/30/2005, ROBERT M GELLART wrote: > >> > >>> Just for the record, > >>> from what I know, it was the Model Aviation staff that generated > >>> this idea, > >>> not AMA staff. > >> > >> > >> Jim > >> Downers Grove, IL > >> Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR > >> AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net > >> > >> 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 > > > > > > 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
