AMA Magazine Article

[Terry Terrenoire]

This letter needs to be sent to AMA as a letter to the Editor. Maybe it
will be published in the next issue!

Terry T.

On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 08:27:28 -0400 "Thomas Shaw"
<shaw.thomas at worldnet.att.net> writes:
I just read Mike Hurley's RC Scale Aerobatics column in the November
issue of Model Aviation.  He has been following Chuck Hobart around as a
newcomer to the sport and has a Q&A in the article.  Chuck makes a most
unfortunate comment regarding the unfriendly reception he received at a
pattern contest a few years back.  

I don't believe that Mike intended to malign the NSRCA and I don't doubt
Chuck's experience, I just found it sad that the NSRCA would get the
negative press.

This past September I spent several hours as a visitor at the Milan
Michigan pattern contest to see what the sport is all about.  I am
considering joining the NSRCA and getting involved in pattern
competition.  I don't think I have met a nicer group of people. 
Especially when you consider that everyone was busy competing.  Each and
every person that I spoke with took the time to answer my questions in a
friendly and thoughtful way.  Even the contest director took time to talk
with me in the middle of the contest and it wasn't just a five minute
chat.  Based on my esperience I have every intention of joining the
NSRCA.

I hope the contrast of these two stories can be of some help to the
organization.

Regards

Tom Shaw
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