Originally Posted by
fliers1
"I am not sure that the average member of the AMA today is concerned about the growth of the hobby. In fact I am reasonably sure her or she doesn’t care. As an organization the AMA and the industry have a common interest in seeing the activity grow. In this sense the AMA and the industry have more in common than the AMA and a large portion of its own membership. The typical AMA member is rightfully interested in what AMA is doing for him, not what AMA is doing for aeromodelling."
Dave Brown 1994
And with that, in that very year. The AMA refused to help my club retain their flying field. So I would have to say that even way back then, the AMA was already courting the then fledgling drone industry.