ORIGINAL: Liberator
Did they not have insurance in thepast? You allude to the apparent fact that just anyone could show up and fly. Would they have been covered by whatever insurance that was in effect before?
In the past the Omahawks set up was that you had have proof of insurance to fly, as mandated by the county since they fly on park property. In the past that proof of insurance could be what you get as a benefit with AMA membership, or another policy (homeowner's, etc.). It appears (I don't know) they also paid for an insurance policy to cover the field owner (ie the county).
I still wonder why they decided to change a system that had worked for such a long period.