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grs-pms(at)comcast.net
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 Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:40 am Post subject: Joining EAA |
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The thread launched by Darrel Haas' inquiry about the best choice of EAA publications misses a couple of very important points, it seems to me.
First, EAA is about a lot more than the several magazines it publishes. It provides the sport aviation community with a voice in Congress when issues like the FAA's push for user fees come up. No other organization represents the interests of the amateur builder. EAA played a large role in legalizing the use of auto gas in our airplanes and is still one of the two sources for an auto fuel STC. The Sport Pilot certificate and the Light Sport category wouldn't exist today if it weren't for a long continuing effort on the part of EAA. They continue to push the FAA to relax restrictions on pilots with medical issues which don't affect safety.
Second, the national EAA organization provides support for the hundreds of local EAA chapters which are the most valuable source of information and support for many homebuilders. National EAA membership is required for chapter membership, although I'm sure there are some freeloaders hanging around the fringes of some local chapters. I am always surprised when I hear of builders and would-be builders who aren't members.
The size and financial resources of the national EAA make it possible to obtain insurance coverage for regional fly-ins and chapter-sponsored aviation events, without which individual chapter officers and members might be held liable for accidents and injuries.
The EAA Young Eagles program has introduced a million and a half young Americans to the experience of flight, an experience which may make them sympathetic to the existence of small local airports and grass roots flying, even if they don't become actively involved in aviation. This is a substantial investment in the future of our hobby.
When I was just out of school and had my first steady paycheck I decided to put my money where my mouth, and my interests were. I joined EAA then and joined a local chapter as soon as one was organized. In spite of the changes to the magazines and the dues increases over the years, I've always felt I had my money's worth. For the reasons above I urge everyone who hasn't done so to join EAA and support the future recreational building and flying.
George Swinford EAA #7466
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rstone4(at)hot.rr.com
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: Joining EAA |
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Members,
I for one agree with everything George says about membership in EAA. I am the Coordinator of the Young Eagles Program in my chapter (542 Killeen, Texas.) We just finished a Flight Rally at the city airport in Lampasas. We flew 73 children and I think the pilots had as much fun as the kids did if not more. Like george says, the EAA does a lot to keep flying available for all of us in the middle class but if all they did was the Young Eagles Program, I would still be a member so I could fly children with EAA paying for the insurance and it would be worth it.
Tracy Stone
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ZodiacXL w/Jabiru 3300
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jhstarn(at)verizon.net
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject: Joining EAA |
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AMEN to that. I'm YE's Coord. for Apple Valley Chapter #768. We fly every month after the meeting. Only have canceled flights due to weather twice in 5 years. High winds and/or bumpy conditions do not, IMNSHO, make for "good" YE flights. We average 6-8 each month with 21 just back in June 07. With the support, not counting the insurance, we get from EAA OSH more than make up for the little I spend as a member. With all the FREE stuff they supply I rate it as the best bang for the buck of any originations I've ever belonged to over the past 50 years.
The only thing I ponder is that NO EAA Chapter can own and fly an experimental Aircraft. I know the problem: Too much insurance "exposure", kinda like the ACS race from APV to EAA SW Regional in Arizona that went the way of the "bean" counters. KABONG HRII 300 plus hrs. Do Not Archive
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