Originally Posted by
Propworn
I feel confident in what the AMA has emailed me when I have asked. I feel confident flying among a bunch of club members who regularly exceed 400 ft. I think APPY spends to much time at his keyboard hijacking others threads to throw rocks at the AMA like a spiteful child.
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Dennis
The thing you fail to understand is the AMA is NOT the definitive authority. The FAA is. And things change, sometimes quite fast, and it is not uncommon to find the AMA preaching outdated rules. Or, so called educated members passing on last years news like you do.
And the bottom line is, it is YOUR responsibility to actually KNOW where and how you're flying. Not the AMA, not the FAA, not some club you're visiting. If you can't check the class of the airspace you're flying in, you should stay on the ground. Because it's pretty obvious you are part of the problem, not the solution. As I've said before, the responsibility for the growth of this hobby is NOT the AMA. It's the local modelers and clubs. Easy to see what you've contributed.
And BTW, flying sites are not sanctioned. Flying sites are nothing but, flying sites. Contests/events are sanctioned. Clubs are chartered. You don't even understand the very basics of AMA membership, how can you be expected to know anything else?