And this is where I think large numbers are much better for getting good insurance. I know it should not be this way, but often it is. That is why many go to work for large companies to get the better insurance benefits.

As of Jan. 1st I am the AMA.
No more PPP bashing and I get a vote.
Saving up for a lifetime membership.
I think I just cost the AMA at least 4 members.

Oh my, who will they bash now? [X(] [X(] [X(]

Usually when the food supply is removed, wild animals turn on each other.

Good choice, and Welcome Aboard!

Thanks.

Just think, you have come over to the light and now you MUST realize without AMA there would not be RC.

Here let me put it another way. The AMA IS RC, whithout the AMA RC would not exist. Now disect the logic in that. [X(]

Hey sisco welcome to the ama ,i think. Next you will joining a ama club and flying big gas planes . joe

I'm sure all the other AMA members that fly Free Flight, Control Line, Towline glider, Hand Launch Glider, Indoor Rubber, Indoor HLG, Microfilm, Control Line Combat, Control Line Precision, Scale Rubber, Catapault Glider, Navy Carrier, Free Flight Scale, Just to name a few, might disagree with that statemant....

And I sincerely second that....And I HONESTLY wish you the best trying to change the AMA from "the inside"......

(And don't worry cisco, IF you do join a club and do see and like bigger airplanes, I will never say I told you so. It IS an addictive hobby, and bigger only gets better....)

If you have just sent in your dues, you are NOW full AMA. Oct-Dec gives you full AMA for that period plus all of next year.

CON-GRAT-U-LATIONS !

Now that there is a man (dbcisco) on the inside we can look for "change"to occur...sort of reminds me of the US government.

Yeah, that may be true, but they don't post in the AMA forums

Control line has a full section in the AMA forum.

Thank You Cisco.....

No problem. If there is enough interest, I bet they would create sections for other activities too. Sadly, there is not much activity on the AMA forums. I would enjoy a rubber-power FF section myself.

I have seen some of your posts on the ama forum and you have been tame compared to your posts here. It wont take long for the true sisco to come back to his normal ama bashing self, even on their forum. joe

I have come to realize
that the only thing I will be missing out on
will be a constant stream of attacks on Cisco
when I give Joe the Lil Red Hand

bye Joe

You can use the red hand on your self you need it more than me. joe

Jobob. Do you even care about the AMA or do you just come here to insult people?

I dont insult you ,you look bad enough on your own. I just show some of your goofy posts you put out there. So every time i show you then you cry that i am attacking you . Sounds like my little sister.If you realy want me to stop, stop posting goofy stuff. Its that simple. joe

I just realized why this forum gets like a playground at times.

Gentlemen, once again I have had to go in and remove more off topic attacks between members. This type of posting needs to stop IMMEDIATELY. I am here to tell you that if it continues there are going to be members who find themselves shown the door of this forum as they will not be allowed to post in the AMA forum if they can't learn to post in a civil and mature manner. If you think I'm kidding, they just keep going as you have. But this garbage is going to end.

Ken

Free Flight was here since before the Wright brothers.

Let's see! AMA was born in 1936, same year as me. [sm=49_49.gif]

RC was born 1 year later:

Copied from AMA Museum Hall of Fame

Autobiography of
DR. WALTER A. GOOD
Modeler, Designer, Writer, Inventor, Scientist,
AMA Past President, “Father of the Modern Radio Control Model Aircraft”Modeler since 1927 April 25, 1916 to July 19, 2002
AMA Number: 11

Career:
 1937: With his brother Bill designed and built a Radio Controlled aircraft designing the model (Guff) and their own radio equipment

So AMA was here before RC.

Then around 1940, along came Jim Walker with his Control Line "Fireball". YUP other than FF the AMA was there in the beginning.

In addition Control Line has had a forum here in RCU long before AMA came up with a forum, but AMA was here before CL so is it not O.K. to just say they even out in that race?
Anyway, RC is the main thing this day, but FF, and Cl are still here. So if being RC makes you feel good, well so be it. However each discipline and all the sub-disciplines each have so many levels of skill and expertise that, IMO, those that look down their nose at anyone else for their different tastes, is simply demonstrating a personality that belittles their own character within this great and might sport-hobby of aeromodeling. No need to belittle any modeling discipline or any person's choice. We have government to contend with, not each other.

Edited to add:
BTW here is what a reindition of the GUFF looks like: Big Red thing now flying 3 channel with a old Como .61

I am quite upset about this thread. It started on a positve note, and turned out as a bashing of the AMA. As the topic says, YOU ARE THE AMA!

Come on guys.

Zach</p>