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05-09-2008, 10:09 AM
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i paid for my membership and was active on april 15 it has been a month and everytime i call i get a run around about it being in the mail.what kind of orgination is this if u cant get a simple piece of paper u paid for to be able to fly?this is such a joke waiting for membership to arive in the mail.all i get from them it was sent out on may 2.why take 3 weeks to mail it out then give someone a run around.
05-09-2008, 12:56 PM
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Go ahead and fly anyway. AMA is not the model airplane police/government that issue licensing to fly models...they and others may wish they were but they are not...only if you allow them to govern... then you have a problem.
05-09-2008, 01:46 PM
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If you are trying to join a club, and they want your AMA number before they let you fly, call or email the AMA and ask them to tell you your AMA number. You can give this to the club, and they can verify your membership on the AMA's website (they just need your last name and AMA number to verify your membership is current).
http://www.modelaircraft.org/MembershipQuery.aspx
http://www.modelaircraft.org/MembershipQuery.aspx
05-09-2008, 02:56 PM
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I recently had a letter sent from downtown take 10 days to arrive at my place in the next zipcode. At one time the AMA outsourced the mailing of AMA cards. Several years ago I did not receive my card. I called and then received mine and someone else's as well. I found the other fellow in the phone book and sent his card on to him.
Membership is usually the first contact a modeler has with AMA function. Mailing out cards, etc. should be handled flawlessly. Else the new member immediately begins to form a bad image of the AMA.
Membership is usually the first contact a modeler has with AMA function. Mailing out cards, etc. should be handled flawlessly. Else the new member immediately begins to form a bad image of the AMA.
05-10-2008, 03:17 AM
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I have said this before but bears repeating again since this thread points to something that should be added to the to-do/fix list. Of course, the AMA is just to busy with programming or program creations to consider such but here goes anyway.
Someone proclaiming to be a worthy pilot can show up at an AMA event such as a big bird or whatever and without any knowledge whatsoever of the so called pilot's competency he can be signed up for AMA right then and there... on the spot...then immediately go fly or crash or whatever his 80" P-51 during the event until his heart's desires are met but an enthusiastic new prospect for a club will be given some hoops to jump through while his enthusiasm wanes. Doesn't make any sense.
Someone proclaiming to be a worthy pilot can show up at an AMA event such as a big bird or whatever and without any knowledge whatsoever of the so called pilot's competency he can be signed up for AMA right then and there... on the spot...then immediately go fly or crash or whatever his 80" P-51 during the event until his heart's desires are met but an enthusiastic new prospect for a club will be given some hoops to jump through while his enthusiasm wanes. Doesn't make any sense.
05-11-2008, 07:37 PM
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i am not in a club but were i go to fly i have to have the membership card in my hand nothing emailed to the club no exceptions.vicman i am not whinning it is the rules were i go to fly.if u dont know dont put in u little 2 cents keep u nose out of it unless u know the facts.
05-11-2008, 09:14 PM
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ORIGINAL: ww29
i am not in a club but were i go to fly i have to have the membership card in my hand nothing emailed to the club no exceptions.vicman i am not whinning it is the rules were i go to fly.if u dont know dont put in u little 2 cents keep u nose out of it unless u know the facts.
i am not in a club but were i go to fly i have to have the membership card in my hand nothing emailed to the club no exceptions.vicman i am not whinning it is the rules were i go to fly.if u dont know dont put in u little 2 cents keep u nose out of it unless u know the facts.
Would you mind telling us where you intend to fly so that we understand your predicament better? Is it a public or private flying site? Is there a club or clubs that also fly there? Thanks in advance for sharing with us. Blue skies and good flying to you.
05-13-2008, 05:24 PM
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WW29,
Just get your fax and go fly. I'm with vicman. I have flown in numerous States and in SE Asia and have never run into the problem you are describing.
Just get your fax and go fly. I'm with vicman. I have flown in numerous States and in SE Asia and have never run into the problem you are describing.
05-19-2008, 04:27 PM
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ORIGINAL: littlecrankshaf
I have said this before but bears repeating again since this thread points to something that should be added to the to-do/fix list. Of course, the AMA is just to busy with programming or program creations to consider such but here goes anyway.
Someone proclaiming to be a worthy pilot can show up at an AMA event such as a big bird or whatever and without any knowledge whatsoever of the so called pilot's competency he can be signed up for AMA right then and there... on the spot...then immediately go fly or crash or whatever his 80" P-51 during the event until his heart's desires are met but an enthusiastic new prospect for a club will be given some hoops to jump through while his enthusiasm wanes. Doesn't make any sense.
I have said this before but bears repeating again since this thread points to something that should be added to the to-do/fix list. Of course, the AMA is just to busy with programming or program creations to consider such but here goes anyway.
Someone proclaiming to be a worthy pilot can show up at an AMA event such as a big bird or whatever and without any knowledge whatsoever of the so called pilot's competency he can be signed up for AMA right then and there... on the spot...then immediately go fly or crash or whatever his 80" P-51 during the event until his heart's desires are met but an enthusiastic new prospect for a club will be given some hoops to jump through while his enthusiasm wanes. Doesn't make any sense.
So, it is not as free and easy everywhere as it is where you live.
06-05-2008, 03:29 PM
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ww29, I feel your pain. I ordered a month ago and my card still has not come in. unlike your situation, the good folks at my field let me continue to fly. Once my card comes in I am then able to get my laminated field pass from the club. until that day I will just continue to check the mailbox everyday.........waiting.
06-05-2008, 08:38 PM
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Roolze is roolze. If you have no choice but to fly where the All Powerful Rooler roolze, you wait for His Majesty Farouk I, by the grace of God, King of Egypt, to relieve his flatulence upwind of your unworthy hide.
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