{"id":3342,"date":"2017-03-20T11:27:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T15:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=3342"},"modified":"2021-01-25T15:48:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T19:48:50","slug":"ama-membership-cards-a-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2017\/03\/20\/ama-membership-cards-a-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA Membership Cards: A Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have membership questions? Contact AMA membership via the helpline at\u00a0<strong>1-800-435-9262 (I FLY AMA) ext. 129<\/strong>\u00a0or by email\u00a0 at\u00a0<strong>membership@modelaircraft.org<\/strong>.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The AMA Membership FAQ page can be found at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/membership\/membership-faq\">https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/membership\/membership-faq<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being a card-carrying member of the AMA brings a lot of benefits.\u00a0 Over the years the membership cards themselves have changed drastically.\u00a0 Here\u2019s an overview of what they used to look like in previous years.<\/p>\n<p>Do you see any here that you owned?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3345\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1942.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3345\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1942.jpg\" alt=\"The 1942 membership card, printed on a blue-green cardstock, issues a &quot;Gas Model Flyer's License&quot; to the bearer on behalf of the AMA. The card expires August 5, 1942.\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1942.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1942-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1942 AMA membership card for a Gas Model Flyer&#8217;s License. (Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives #0032 O.C. Stewart Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3346\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1956.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3346\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1956.jpg\" alt=\"The 1956 AMA Membership card is bright yellow and titled &quot;Model Airplane Sporting License.&quot; It is for an Open-class membership.\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1956.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1956-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1956 AMA Membership Card. (Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives #0032 O.C. Stewart Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3347\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1960.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3347\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1960.jpg\" alt=\"The 1960 AMA Membership card is orange and titled &quot;Model Airplane Sporting License.&quot; It is for an Open-class membership.\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1960.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1960-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1960 AMA Membership Card. (Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives #0032 O.C. Stewart Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3348\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1966.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3348\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1966.jpg\" alt=\"The 1966 AMA Membership card is blue and titled &quot;Model Airplane Sporting License.&quot; This card fold out to show the insurance benefits.\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1966.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1966-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1966 AMA Membership Card. (Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives #0032 O.C. Stewart Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3349\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1978.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3349\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1978.jpg\" alt=\"The 1978 AMA Membership card is done in red, white and blue stripes and alternating text. It is titled &quot;Model Airplane Sporting License.&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1978.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1978-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1978 AMA Membership Card. (Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives #0001 AMA Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3350\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1979.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3350\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1979.jpg\" alt=\"The 1979 AMA Membership card has &quot;79&quot; repeating&quot; at the top of the card. The AMA wings are lightly repeated in the background. This card was for a contest director and is titled &quot;Model Airplane Sporting License&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1979.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1979-300x108.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1979 AMA Membership Card. (Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives #0032 O.C. Stewart Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3351\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1986.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3351\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1986.jpg\" alt=\"The 1985 Membership card is yellow and black. Along the edge of the card is noted &quot;50th Anniversary.&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1986.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1986-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1986 AMA Membership Card, 50th Anniversary of the AMA. (Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives #0032 O.C. Stewart Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3352\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1995.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3352\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1995.jpg\" alt=\"The 1995 membership card is dark blue with a center white area for the modeler's information.\" width=\"600\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1995.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_1995-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1995 AMA Membership Card. (Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives #0001 AMA Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3353\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3353\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_2006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3353\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_2006.jpg\" alt=\"The 2006 AMA Membership card promotes the 70th anniversary with a banner in the card's header. The card itself is blue and white.\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_2006.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_2006-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2006 AMA Membership Card, 70th Anniversary of the AMA. (Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives #0001 AMA Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3354\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3354\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_2013.jpg\" alt=\"This marroon white and blue card is for AMA Park Pilot members in 2013.\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_2013.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_2013-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2013 AMA Park Pilot Program Membership Card. (Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives #0001 AMA Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3344\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_youth_2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3344\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_youth_2013.jpg\" alt=\"Youth members have their own AMA card design. This, from 2013, features a blue border around a white center section.\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_youth_2013.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_youth_2013-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2013 Youth Member AMA membership card. (Source: National Model Aviation Museum Archives #0001 AMA Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3343\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_lifetime.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3343\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_lifetime.jpg\" alt=\"Lifetime membership cards are gold with the the member's name and AMA number engraved under the AMA wings.\" width=\"593\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_lifetime.jpg 593w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/AMAcard_lifetime-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AMA Lifetime Membership Card. (Source: National Model Aviation Permanent Collection, Found in Collection, 2008.05.128)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><del>We have at least one example (if not duplicates) of membership cards in the museum archives from the following years: 1942-1946, 1950-1951, 1955 &#8211; 1962, 1964 &#8211; 1967, 1969 &#8211; 1970, 1973 &#8211; 2017.<\/del><br \/>\n<del>Do you have any from the years that we didn\u2019t list above? Would you be willing to donate the ones we\u2019re missing to the Museum Archives? If so, get in touch with Jackie Shalberg, at jackies@modelaircraft.org.<\/del><\/p>\n<p>October 2020 Note: Thanks to our wonderful donors, we have all the membership cards we need! We appreciate your help! &#8212;-<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nFor more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/welcome-national-model-aviation-museum\">www.modelaircraft.org\/museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have membership questions? Contact AMA membership via the helpline at <strong>1-800-435-9262 (I FLY AMA) ext. 129<\/strong> or by email\u00a0 at <strong>membership@modelaircraft.org<\/strong>. <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The AMA Membership FAQ page can be found at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/membership\/membership-faq\">https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/membership\/membership-faq<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have membership questions? Contact AMA membership via the helpline at\u00a01-800-435-9262 (I FLY AMA) ext. 129\u00a0or by email\u00a0 at\u00a0membership@modelaircraft.org. The AMA Membership FAQ page can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/membership\/membership-faq. Being a card-carrying member of the AMA brings a lot of benefits.\u00a0 Over the years the membership cards themselves have changed drastically.\u00a0 Here\u2019s [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134,47],"tags":[216,50],"class_list":["post-3342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","category-museum","tag-ama-membership-cards","tag-museum-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3342"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4779,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3342\/revisions\/4779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}