ORIGINAL: nxtdoor
I have been flying for 40 years now and attended my first/last IMAA Fly-in this year. I had no idea I would have to join the IMAA just to fly at the fly-in. That's ludicrous. I seen no reason to pay a membership just to fly at an organized fly-in; that's what AMA sanctions are for.
I see no benefit from joining the IMAA that I don't get from AMA already.
I agree, IMAA had a place years ago for promoting large scale flying, but I get that every weekend at my club field.
Jeff
Same here (except for the 40+ years flying). I joined IMAA four years ago, and saw nothing at their fly-ins that I couldn't see (or do) at any plain-vanilla AMA sanctioned event. If membership has dwindled to 6000, it will be 5999 now; I received my renewal notice a couple of days ago, and have filed it with all the other junk mail.