I have to disagree. I fly with 2 clubs. Both are about the same age. One has events, the other doesn't or never has. Both are a group of great guys who like to fly.

Up until a few years ago, there was no muncie. It had nothing to do with promoting model aviation. Local clubs do that. When there was a traveling nats, I feel that model aviation was better promoted by AMA, but now that it is in muncie, it promote model aviation only to locals. Noone else knows about it but modelers.

Modelers promote modeling. Without AMA, modelers would still promote modeling. AMA does it as well, but without AMA, modeling would still be promoted by modelers and would not change.

A lot of people don't like the magazine for what ever reason. I tend to read it more than any others.

The reason they make it a package deal is because they know that if they didn't, very few would support anything but the insurance and they couldn't afford most of the stuff they have.