"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Although I have noticed a sub-strata of homebuilders who absolutely (and
inexplicably, IMHO) despise EAA.

I was unaware that that sort of sentiment existed toward the EAA.

Really?

Paul Poberezny (the founder of EAA, father of the current president, Tom)
has started a competing group (whose name I can't recall -- Homebuilders
Aircraft Association? Sport Aircraft Association?) because so many EAA
members have felt disenfranchised by the direction the group has taken in
recent years. It is apparently growing steadily.

Go to the AAA (Antique Aircraft Association) fly-in in Blakesburg -- of
which Paul Poberezney is a regular attendee and a member -- and they can
barely speak of EAA without spitting.

What does this say about Paul's attitude toward the direction his son is
taking EAA?

It says nothing. I have talked to Paul on a number of occasions and more
than once he stated that in his opinion Tom was the only person he knew,
except his daughter Bonnie, that he felt could do EAA justice. Paul started
the Sport Aviation group decades ago as an adjunct to EAA, not as a
competitor.

Funny how the naysayers get on their rivet boxes and spout drivel but when
it is suggested they start an aviation organization to meet their perceived
needs they vanish within seconds.