ORIGINAL: Phaedrus-MMVI
ORIGINAL: abel_pranger
As for the 'precedent' set at Torrey Pines, the requirement for club/AMA membership is a direct result of AMA (HQ people, including Maroney) politicking with the city council.
As 15 year member of TPG and long time slope flyer at Torrey I probably do not really understand the situation very well. Thanks for helping set me straight.
Hard to imagine how you missed it as a veteran club member and AMA maven. [link=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.models.rc.air/browse_thread/thread/c05f1b2f37d3aa7e/dd93c34e77f94930?lnk=st&q=torrey+pines+group%3Arec .models.rc.air&rnum=4#dd93c34e77f94930]Here[/link]
is one of the many Usenet group rec.models.rc.air threads regarding the topic at the time the flap with the hang glider concessionaire occurred.
Abel