It's the little things....

[Bartman]

Finally got around to calling AMA to ask about my original AMA number from when I was 15, back around 1983. Just got an email and good old AMA #127870 has been dug up and reassigned back to me! I had a membership lapse back in my twenties so the old number was lost to a new one but they were happy to help make it right! Thanks AMA!

 

[pawnshopmike]

Finally got around to calling AMA to ask about my original AMA number from when I was 15, back around 1983. Just got an email and good old AMA #127870 has been dug up and reassigned back to me! I had a membership lapse back in my twenties so the old number was lost to a new one but they were happy to help make it right! Thanks AMA!

That's pretty cool Bart.

 

[SleepyC]

Finally got around to calling AMA to ask about my original AMA number from when I was 15, back around 1983. Just got an email and good old AMA #127870 has been dug up and reassigned back to me! I had a membership lapse back in my twenties so the old number was lost to a new one but they were happy to help make it right! Thanks AMA!

No WAY! I'm AMA #127869!! DUDE!







Ok.. i'm not, but that was funny no?

 

[Bartman]

that would be serendipitous if you were.....

it was funny, but Amy probably wouldn't think so

 

[ExtraJohn]

I was fortunate that when I returned from the service, I was able to just renew my old number and have had it since.

Little things sometimes make life just a little bit better.

 

[Jetpainter]

The AMA shortened mine about 25 years ago to 1674. It's short enough even I can remember it!

 

[Terryscustom]

Wow, lots of members since then. I got mine in 2006 when I got my first foam RTF foam super cub that I promptly deposited in the neighbors pine tree across the street 866830 at your service.

I found out the problem though, I unplugged the stupid self correcting and leveling BS they had on it and I was golden from there out. Same with my BNF Nextstar, only trainer I ever had which quickly got converted to a taildragger with a .60 engine. Good grief, now I know how I got my user name.

 

[Jetpainter]

One of the guys in my old clubs AMA number was something like 147. He raced Quickies so his number was on his airplane all the time. Back then mine was 6 digits long starting with the 1674 it is now. I used to see his and think, "wow, he's been at it a while".

He ran the local hobby shop that he opened in 1947. He was a ball turret gunner in a B17 in WWII. Cool old guy that could make anything go fast.

 

[Mark Harper]

The guy that taught me to fly was AMA 101. World class builder and a great guy. He passed away in 2010. Here's a link to his biography on the AMA website. https://www.modelaircraft.org/files/KleinhansAugustWBill.pdf

 

[camss69]

Mine is 6 digits, I was thinking man that's weird I'm not that old and then I relized I got it when I was 12... 25 years ago.. Crap!!