<span style="font-size: larger;">Hello All -</span>

As a very avid r/c'er and aviation enthusiast, the response by the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) to the pending rulings of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding sUAS's has me quite concerned for the future of our hobby. The concern does not lie within the response from the AMA, but the lack of response from our own community of hobbyists.

For me, the reality of the present situation is dire and the very existence of our hobby is threatened, if not by extinction but at least by severe limitations from decisions to be made by the FAA.

Yet the only response I see is from the AMA.

Over the years I have come to learn more, understand, respect, and awe at organizations like the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and how well they have managed a tight bond in representing the General Aviation voice and their rights when it comes to governmental rule-making.

I guess my concern lies within our own community and what seems to be at best a lackluster interest in anything else but our own hobby. As the AMA is assembling a Task Force (of which I have applied) to reassess its direction and to preserve our future as an organization I can't help but wonder the impact of aligning our hobby once again, with its roots of General Aviation.

Isn't General Aviation where our roots are founded?

I feel as if our passion and romance of flight has been lost to the desire of "bigger is better" or "mine is better then yours" attitudes. A respect for everyone as simply a pilot, regardless of skill or aircraft, seems to be lost, whereas in the General Aviation community (via personal experiences at EAA, Oshkosh) regardless of what you fly (even IFyou fly), how often, or how long, the love of flight is what fuels their passion.

Our community seems to be separating, and in some cases dissolving, as we've lost our passion and love for the enjoyment of flight

We need to regather our strength and move forward as a whole to build up our community once again. Support one another and make that support known to the AMA &amp; the FAA by aligning ourselves once again with the industry that made us.

Only then by understanding the 'why' of the potential changes being proposed and showing our support and understanding of both General Aviation and our hobby can we move forward together.

Thanks everyone.