Have a couple friends who actively manufacture and market several flying and static model aircraft. The A.M.A. sent them a note early this month warning of some shake down artists demanding royalties. Royalties based on decades old names and models. We all may remember the Lockheed senario, but now the businesses are getting hit from new directions.

One fellow got hit with three cease manufacturing letters this year alone. One letter indicated that the word Wasp for an engine was copyrighted by some unknown firm. Not by P&W either. When asked for proof of copyright holding and filing, the attorney only got madder and never answered the original question.

Apparently A.M.A. is now looking into this. Oh, and apparently the attorneys are not sending letters to any foreign based companies.

Have you heard of this or know someone who is affected?

Wm.