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Old 02-07-2009 | 11:23 AM
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From: charlotte, NC,
Default RE: Flying field dilemma

The present contract says that the field is AMA only 24/7/365. The county wants to change it to NON AMA on M/WE/FRI. The club consensus is to dissuade them of this plan.
The club consensus (and that of the AMA)is The County would be liable for injuries on the NON AMA days. The club consensus is IF the county gets stung by this, they might think about closing the field. There is NO possibility of a separate NON AMA field at this time.


ORIGINAL: KidEpoxy

At the last club meeting the consensus was to encourage the county to maintain the requirement for AMA for everyone’s liability protection.
I dont understand.
If the clubs contract/agreement is that M-W-F the land is not an AMA club,
then there is no club or Muncie liability if someone gets killed on Monday, right?
AdHoc kids are not required to join Little League to use county provided public ballfields in much the same way adhoc RC flyers dont need insurance to use county provided public RC Fields.... our tax dollars hard at work, but FOR flyers this time


Sounds like the municipality is promoting aeromodeling for the people,
by using city insurance to protect city assets from aeromodeling liabilities on MWF,
and providing land for aeromodeling use to the public (AMA club is part of the public).
Why is a charter of AMA opposed to that.

Would this Liability you speak of be a problem to folks concerned for aeromodeling's future
if the county opened some other land to public flying? Some non-AMA park somewhere.



Sounds like you still have a sweetheart deal
Your club gets exclusive use land for both weekend days
whereas the working stiff public cant fly on the weekend.
I'm sure lots of parents love their children enough
to miss a day of work to take the kid out of school to fly a toy plane.

Dont rock the boat