Bill -
We won't know the answer to your question of "how much to charge them" until we recieve the official information from the AMA. There have been lots of opinions bandied about, but without the official AMA documents, its all speculation.

Our Executive Board met last Monday and discussed this program. We were all in agreement that its a very good opportunity for us to reach out to the Park Flyers, but if we can admit them to the club, its going to be at the full price ($50/year). Our thinking is that only about $1.00 of member dues go to AMA insurance, another $1 toward rechartering every year. The rest is for field rent and maintenance. Our field is very conveniently located, and the local municipalities have specifically told us they do not want any airplanes being flown at local parks and schools. Consequently, its not likely that they will support chartering of special park flyer clubs on local parkland.

We have a number of club members that only fly electrics, and we expect that once the park flyers get exposed to larger, more powerful aircraft, they will want to move up as well. What we will do is create a second class of pilot with full membership privileges, but restrictions on aircraft weight and speed, and leave it up to the members to self police, much like everything else the AMA requires. Again, its dependent on the official word from the AMA, which should be out to clubs later this month.

Brad