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Earlier this week ANN’s CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, attended the Academy of Model Aeronautics Expo that was held in Ontario, California. To say that Jim was like a kid in a candy store is an understatement, but he also reports there is concern about the recreational model aircraft flyer being regulated by the FAA for the first time. Despite the fact that the more than 185,000 members of the AMA have for many years operated their model aircraft safely under AMA guidelines, they have been grouped in with drone flyers and are now required under FAA rules to register their aircraft. As Jim put