Hi ron,
1. I know all planes in those groups are by definition show planes. What I am getting at is the determination to include them in the category is semantics, arbitrary, and it's leaving acres free and open in the S and cramped conditions in the N.
2. I am NOT talking about that field. I said the field south of that field, the one surrounded by trees. It's even rather hidden. It's NOT the field you mentioned.
3. "Late model spam can..."? "'80s era POW Cherokee"? I feel you are being derogatory, and that is uncalled for. I'd like to ask you to please refer to us with dignity, please. We are as much a part of the EAA as anyone.
4. If Vintage, Warbirds, etc., can have their own group within the EAA and designate themselves showplanes, then MODERN aircraft should be able to, as well: A "Modern Aircraft Association," a division with in the EAA as well as any other.
My plane is a 2009 CSA SportCruiser, not an "'80s POS Cherokee." It's an S-LSA, production aircraft. When I stop for fuel anywhere, I get people looking at it, remarking that it looks sleek... It looks rather like a metal version of a Glassair, though it only goes 134 mph. It's quite different. People ask what it is..... I've owned a variety of aircraft in Vintage for 20 years, and none of them have gotten the looks this one gets, and it's the NEW, MODERN DESIGN that's doing it.
There are a lot of such newer planes that people like to see. The new, modern designs are turning heads....
....not so much a 1968 Bonanza, or a 1965 Cherokee, both of which are designated by Vintage as showplanes.
Like I'm saying, the definition of what is and what is not, is arbitrary, by agreement. And the newer ones are turning heads.
So why can't we be given as much consideration?
If it's needed we have our own association within the EAA, then why can't we?
Jen