It's a damn shame that folks who are selling RC or autonomous *copters aren't also pushing hard for the drone purchasers to invest in an AMA [0] membership and

It's a damn shame that folks who are selling RC or autonomous *copters aren't also pushing hard for the drone purchasers to invest in an AMA [0] membership and become acquainted with the local model aircraft club. When I was growing up, the hobby shops in town wouldn't sell you a plane, copter, or kit for the same without verifying that you were an AMA member. [1] They understood that planes and copters can be quite dangerous in untrained hands. [0] http://www.modelaircraft.org/ http://www.modelaircraft.org/ [1] Not because they were required to, mind, but because it was a sound idea.