First the border now this

[Brad LaPointe]

Just when things were beginning to look like they could be returning to normal our modeling association dropped a bomb shell . Our American modeling friends will no longer be allowed to fly in Canada using AMA .

Our MAAC president is very anti FAI / international competition. This whole thing smells. It probably means we will need AMA . Americans and the rest of the world now require MAAC to fly in Canada .

Like a lot of Canadians I live close to the border . Other than our own club events the closest contests are in Michigan. A lot of Michigan flyers come to our field just to practice and sport fly . It’s not the end of the world but it is stuff like this that tends to @#$% me off .

Brad

[Dan McEntee]

  Politicians!!! A disgrace to man kind!  You guys need t vote that sucker OUT!!
   Type at you later,
    Dan McEntee

[CircuitFlyer]

Don’t get yer nickers in a knot just yet. This latest document applies to RC (RPAS) only. Another document for control line and free flight is still in the works.  Hopefully it won’t be as stupid.  https://www.maac.ca/en/notam.php

[Steve Helmick]

It's currently a reciprical agreement between MAAC and AMA.

If this happens to the satisfaction of your MAAC President, then MAAC members could come fly in the USA but AMA members can't enter Canadian contests without joining MAAC. I'd wonder if AMA would grant sanctions for contests in Canada?  Steve

[John Paris]

Brad,
How about me getting a year membership from MAAC for $80 CDN ($64 USD) and forego Model Aviation with the US AMA membership ($75) and fly under the mutual agreement here.  MAAC is doing me a favour.....(need to spell it right for my new allegence).

$40CDN for a 3 month pass to fly in Canada is probably doable but I am with you, why make the change for something other than a money grab.  Not sure what the numbers are for RC but I can't see this as a big cash influx.  Will need to see what the AMA counters with.

John

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Glad to see that our Canadian brothers and sisters can fly in the US without having to join the AMA.  Now if the border can be opened.......

[CircuitFlyer]

Dang, I stand corrected.  It looks like the requirement for MAAC membership applies to all types of models, control line included.  As a minimum it's going to cost you guys about $30 for a 3 month temporary membership to fly here (or, $60 for the whole year).

[pmackenzie]

The document mentions all types of models, but only RPAS ( remote piloted aircraft systems) require the MAAC membership.
My understanding is that C/L and FF are not RPAS , so no membership requirement applies.
Same for indoor R/C, it is not RPAS.

But the document is confusing, seems to say both things at once.

[PJ Rowland]

Ohh who wants to fly in Canada anyway

Even the Canadian's visit muncie to fly..

[John Paris]

PJ,
You need to fly at the Beanfield in scenic Dresden, Ontario next time you are over this way.  Just like "The Field of Dreams" for CL.  I know that I am ready to head over and fly when things open up a little more.
John

[Brad LaPointe]

Thanks John .

I can’t wait to have our American friends over for some flying . The BBQ is getting a bit of a complex with all of us avoiding it.

As for the Muncie thing , yes I miss it . I miss Brodaks more .

Brad

[Dwayne Donnelly]

Thanks John .

I can’t wait to have our American friends over for some flying . The BBQ is getting a bit of a complex with all of us avoiding it.

As for the Muncie thing , yes I miss it . I miss Brodaks more .

Brad

I must make it there as well some time, hopefully next summer. 

[John McFayden]

A Field of Dreams unless the wind is blowing through the trees   ....   then it is a Field of Nightmares! You need dancing shoes on when the wind is through the trees. But the BBQ's are always functional, windy or calm