Sport Aviation available through Sporty's

[Frank Giger]

Plus the local FBO can get a subscription and put it on the table for pilots waiting out the weather.

[Dan Grunloh]

I don't think this is a good thing. ...... They cater to these new members interests and suddenly the purpose and scope of EAA gets watered down to the point where it becomes a general aviation organization rather than an experimental aircraft association.

Keith

You have a point but to be more correct EAA is not precisely an experimental aircraft organization. By including warbirds, antiques, classics, Light sport LSA's and ultralights, it has become more of a Sport Aviation organization. Like it or not the Board of Directors have seen fit to open up EAA to a wider aviation audience. In the end Sport Aviation is much more appealing than straight general aviation so hopefully those newcomers will be attracted to the sport side of it, or at least become supporters of our sport activities.

If you read the corporate message from EAA you often hear the phrase "grow participation in aviation". We all know that growth isn't going to be in the form of conventional general aviation so I don't think we need to worry or feel threatened.