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RCAPA
– What is it and what has it
done in the past 4 years?
Nothing!!
That’s the short answer - The long answer
follows:
RCAPA and it’s minions keep spewing out
the same mantra:
“RCAPA is and has been the only thing that
is fighting the mighty FAA in the quest for approval to fly
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS)”.
That statement is about as pure as
bullsh-t can get!
Way back 4 years ago, when RCAPA was
just setting up, there were at least two other organizations
working the same problem. One of them was me (Zaner
Aviation, LLC) and the other was called helicam which became
RAPA
and then RCAPA.org. I joined both immediately because the
more people we have working this problem the better off we
will be. I joined RCAPA.com so soon that I was member #3
right behind the two founders.
In the first few weeks of implementation I
received much more support from the helicam organization
than I did RCAPA. The other site gave me leads which got my
first paying jobs and also references that got my first
insurance policy. During that early development period I
couldn’t even log into RCAPA and they couldn’t spell my name
right.
When I pointed out these problems Gene
Robinson explained how it was all my own fault that I
couldn’t log in. This tactic has continued to this day. If
you go through any threads which deal with the RCAPA mafia
you will find that they go to great lengths to defend
themselves and belittle anyone who questions them.
This approach has worked well for RCAPA
and they succeeded in getting the other site discredited and
getting me banned from RCGroups under several different
names. Yet they still claim to be the only ones who have
ever tried to present a unified voice. Their tactics are
aimed at ensuring that situation continues.
Look closely at what these guys have
contributed over the years. They attend committee meetings
and they got other peoples Concept of Operations presented
to some of these committees. None of this required any
creativity or original thought from any of them. Even now
they just sit back and tell everyone what they already know.
The last time they got me banned was
when I asked them what their position would be when they
attended the upcoming ARC meetings in Washington. They have no position. In fact,
they don’t even know they should have one. They will attend
the ARC and parrot what someone else says. Then they can
claim to have contributed to the solution. Baloney, it is
time their constituency had more than a bunch of chair
warmers.
While this last banning was going on, the
last post I made was a notice that if I suddenly disappeared
it was not by choice. Shortly after that I did disappear and
not one person questioned it. I didn’t even get a warning,
just booted out. The fact that all the moderators are
members of RCAPA may have something to do with that.
I have been working directly with Hq FAA
for the past four years and am making progress. When things
do break free you will see what I mean. The RCAPA mafia
cannot tell you what any of this is because they are not
involved in any of it, or even aware of it.
The position they (RCAPA) have taken is
that individuals should not do anything and we should trust
in an association (RCAPA) because individuals cannot do
anything. I say tell that to Burt Rutan with his Spaceship
One or Maynard Hill with his Trans-Atlantic Model. If you
look at any of the great accomplishments throughout history
you will find that they were accomplished through individual
effort. One person can make a difference – if it is the
right person. That leaves RCAPA out of it.
The ONLY reason RCAPA is billed as the
only group doing anything is because they have worked very
hard at silencing anyone else. Just ask them how many
members they really represent.
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