That's right. If you are correcting me, you misread what I said. I looked around at the contest to see how many had AMA numbers displayed. Why? To see how many old timers there were in that assembly of modelers. Having been a Contest Director for years and years, you sort of get into a habit of looking for numbers on the planes. You see, they were required on models for years but the only enforcement was at contests. And who enforces it? Old habits die hard. We no longer get a rule book when renewing do we. So I must admit, now at renewal time I don't make an effort to find where the rule book "is" to check for things like display of AMA number. But then, all I said was I didn't see any. You assumed from there.... you were wrong in your assumption.

Having to explain in enough detail to protect yourself from misreading seems to be the norm for the internet. No wonder threads go round and round AND ROUND.