Several times in this forum, it has been suggested that the AMA is contacting federal agencies. If nothing else, I think it is now obvious that the AMA is being contacted and not the other way around. I think it is also now obvious that the AMA does more than provide insurance.

There are a lot more questions raised by the article then are answered.

As a previous sailplane competitor, I am very curious what altititude limit will come out of this meeting in the long run. If the FAA actually insists on a 400 ft limit, it will all but eliminate sailplane competitions. Certainly there is no reason to be crusing around at 10,000 ft plus, without a waiver from the FCC, however some more realisitic altitude must be persued. If not, we lose an entire segment of the hobby. The same can be said for free flight.

In another section of the article DB appears to soften his stance on Li batteries. It would be intersting to know why he kept putting the term "expert" in quotes. It is also interesting to see that Bob Abrele has a column that attempts to put some answers to the questions about Li. Certainly it is not a rubber stamp of DB's previous column. http://www.modelaircraft.org/mag/faq/index.asp