Originally Posted by
Top_Gunn
Nice picture. But there still isn't anything in the safety code that requires putting your AMA number in the plane so long as your name and address are there, is there? I think the people who did the FAQs for the AMA's government relations blog just made the same mistake a lot of modelers have made.
My picture does not speak to the safety code requirements , it merely shows what the (AMA condoned ?) sticker looked like that used to be supplied with each model airplane kit sold , long before any of this FAA number business arose . If one WAS to fill out the sticker and attach it in the model , it would appear that name , address , AND AMA number would have been in there , so whether or not there was actual safety code language requiring it , the average model plane "back in the day" most certainly would have included such information .
To be honest , I have no idea where all this angst over an AMA number , or name and address , in the model is coming from ?
People got something to hide , do they , when they fly their model ?
I would think most folks with nothing to hide would WANT as much contact information as possible in the model so as to possibly get it back in the event of a flyaway ?
Or maybe those with a problem with identifying their model WANT it to be "untraceable" , so they can shirk any responsibility for what damage their flyaway caused ?
If ya loved my last picture , just wait till ya see the next one ..........