Hi monkeyboy, You are right in a way, but the way I see it here, both clubs do about the same in promo. The one that puts on events, big and small do have lots of people they reach, but the other I think has more people stop by the field and are more the kind to put a radio in someones hand and get them interested. Both have their good points, and both have their bad. I agree that competion is more fun, thats why I belong to both. I like the small club better but also like to compete.

By the way, I have been a club officer of one or the other or both for over 15 years, written the news letter for more than I want to count and have been a CD for almost 20 years now.

The whole hobby is fun. Its what you make of it.

I would still argue that the muncie site does very little to promote model aviation. I can see the museum, but a traveling nats would promote model aviation better to the whole country than one that stays in Muncie and promotes it to just the people close to it or those that accidentally stumble across it.

Just my 2 cents.