ORIGINAL: smittyjames
ORIGINAL: 378
ORIGINAL: GerKonig
You do not have to pay a penny nor do you have to be a member of anything. Just get a farmer that allows you to use the land, find a suitable spot and play with your toy plane as long as you want...
Right, and I'm going to ask my trainer to drive sixty or seventy miles out to my aunt's place in order to buddy box me. Yeah. makes sense.
Fact of the matter is you have to join the AMA to fly these days, especially if you're a beginner like me who needs to buddy box and get some practice in. I don't like it and see it as a major annoyance, one I won't be dealing with once I'm proficient enough, but I've no choice.
I will be getting my money's worth out of the one year I am a member though, get plenty of practice in and make sure I know how to fly properly before I start flying from my aunt's back 40.
I didn't join AMA till after I learned to fly. I found a club, and the club trainer taught me to fly without joining or having AMA. I am not sure what AMA's rules are but it made a lot of sense to me to figure out if you're going to like the hobby before shelling out dues if you're no good at it.
Same here. I thinkthe person be taught to fly is actually covered under theinstructors AMA number since he has control of the plane.At least, that is what I was told when teaching my dad to fly. And basically, the AMA rules are don't fly your plane in a way that may injure or kill others or damage property if something goes wrong. You can see how important this is if you have ever seen a radio malfunction and a plane screams full speed to the ground. No matter your skill, you ain't going to stop it when you don't have control.