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And so it was suggested that, as a condition to membership to a club, that all applicants sign a waiver limiting the liability of replacement cost to $1000 or less, if there's a dispute over the loss of any model, for any type of accident. Keep in mind that we are only discussing replacement costs of the model, and no other types of occurrences such as injury. Those are covered by various insurance policies.

Some believe that my suggestion unfairly shifts the financial burden on the owner of an expensive airplane in the event of loss due to a midair, out of control aircraft that crashes in to the pits, or an accidental shoot down. Perhaps this is so, but those of us that fly multi-thousand dollar airplanes share the same resources, the field, the runways, and the pit areas with the majority of the membership that are casual flyers, flying airplanes that have replacement costs much lower.

Imagine the liabilities to instructors, as well as students, for midairs, crashes, etc. It really gets messy when you start to think of some of the possiblities.....


Have fun!