--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "TJB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And one issue a year about competition > shouldn't be such a big deal. How are people going to learn about it and > become interested?
I agree. And, Jim's Nats coverage was awesome. Sad to see we do not have it in the mag this year. Glad though that Jim was part of Nats News, especially since my new job forced me to miss the Nats for the first time since '98. But, if you guys follow the letters to the editor section, you would have seen that a lot of letters came in complaining about the Nats issue being "a waste of an issue" in the writer's mind. I guess on one hand, we should be happy that the AMA tries to respond to its membership. Like how DB's recent column made mention of the soaring guy's concerns over his altitude limit article. I'm sad to see the coverage go away, and when I get my magazine this month I will send an email to DB about my thoughts on it, but I understand the logic of why the AMA tried this out. > I guess it won't be long before AMA becomes the AEA (All > Electric Association), like many of the soaring clubs. We sure better! Small electrics are where this hobby is going. And fast. We can either be part of that and welcome it into our fold, or become unimportant. I love soaring as much as everyone else. It is what I would rather be flying given the option, but I must admit that over the past 2 years I have flown small electrics as much or more than gliders. And so far as new pilots go, I am seeing a ton of them. All flying small electrics. How about this for an exercise. Raise your hand if you are reading this list and are under 30 years old. I bet we don't get more than 3 raised hands. Now go out to rcgroups and you will see a lot of posts from young adults that are flying electrics and do not even yet have a drivers license! Ryan Woebkenberg RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
