Awwwww...Phooey.
So what if there are a few more toy fliers than actual CL Modelers. The bottom line for us is we pay the same price for dues as the R/C Arf Bozos and get a tiny portion of coverage. The AMA is not interested in promoting anything but the AMA. They've become very much like our Federal Government, they're interested in keeping their jobs and acting important. Anyone that believes differently hasn't been paying attention for the past 50 years.
I berlong to the AMA because I have to in order to compete in organized competition. I believe nearly every CL and FF flier that belongs does so for the same reason. The Magazine is a genuine joke for CL and FF. Except for reading the column by Bob Hunt I chuck the mag and/or as was mentioned use it for mixing epoxy or lining the bottom of my bird cage. It does make for a fairly good fire starter in the fireplace. If of course I run out of TP it could possibly find another use. Every month same old ARF ads. 85 % of the pages are nothing but ads for R/C crap of absolutely no interest for CL or FF fliers or 75% of the R/C fliers.
Whoever said it, was right, it's a stinkin' catalog of ARFs and very little else.
Furthermore it's very representative of the attitude of the AMA in general...A SALES organization who just happened to be involved in selling ARF R/C airplanes...everything they do is to that end!
Awwwwww Phooey is all I have to say to any CL builder/flier that tolerates this rag and says things like "I enjoy it" etc!!!
Randy Cuberly
PS: You wouldn't want to hear what I really think about it!
