On 27 Aug 2004 17:46:58 -0500, "Ash Wyllie" wrote:

...I fly in my backyard. So do lots of people, and do they know that they are not
allowed to fly?

I doubt there are many backyards like that in the NYC area. )

"Ignorance of the law is no excuse" (that I know of). Folks in the
Academy of Model Aeronautics are doing what they can to get
the word out, but lots of RC pilots are not AMA members.
There is no obligation to be a member in order to fly on private
property or wherever permission is granted by the owner(s).

Marty