What aviation organisations do you belong to?
Inspired by the LAA CE thread, I wonder what aviation organisations (or none) we all belong to? And why
I'll kick off:
Member of
LAA - UK's best members organisation for light aircraft flying and engineering, great magazine, plus they let me do a bit of test flying for them.
BMAA - UK's only (but also excellent) members organisation for microlight flying and engineering, great magazine, plus I'm an inspector and do a bit of test flying for them as well.
RAeS - World's best members organisation for aerospace professionals, superb library, really useful specialist committees, conferences and lectures, and I get discount on the journal.
SETP - World's only members organisation for Test Pilots. Also very cheap, and superb conferences and papers database.
Specifically not a member of
UKAOPA - doesn't seem to do anything I don't get from another association, plus seems to act a bit too much as a flying training industry representative body.
GAPAN - I don't have the time to do any justice to the membership, maybe one day.
AIAA - But I probably should be, whilst American it is really international and does some fantastic work. Plus members get huge journal discounts.
BGA - I don't fly gliders
(I've not done this as a poll, because I think that the poll system only allows us to vote for one thing each. Also there are bound to be other organisations that I didn't think of.)
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