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I ensured my Rotary powered aircraft with AVEMCO from 1997 until 2004. Even though I continued to add hours to my "experiment" and my own personal flying hours. The price continues to increase significantly each year despite the fact that increase in operational flying hours would normally have indicated that risk was reduced.

Switched to SkySmith and AIG and my premium dropped 1/2 with the same coverage.

There is no doubt that the EAA certainly does not support or foster the true experimenter any more. The Magazine has become useless from the standpoint of providing a means of learning what the "average" experimenter is doing. I mean when the EAA cover presents an restored "Pink" Cessna aircraft ..... Well, what more can I say. Its not that EAA has attempted to include these none experimenters, its that is completely abandoned the folks that made it successful.

Back to the door hydraulic work.

----- Original Message -----

From: Russell Duffy

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:36 AM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: EAA Sport Aviation

That makes sense. Why would EAA help insure an Experimental aircraft
with Experimental engine?

For the record, I'm as unhappy with the EAA as many of you are, but unless the EAA organization becomes large enough to directly insure aircraft, they will not have much control over the insurance situation.

As it was explained to me, the original deal between the EAA and Avemco was to insure every aircraft for at least liability coverage, and most for full coverage. It would seem that Avemco didn't think this through very well, and found themselves being asked to cover aircraft that were just way too risky to insure. As time went on, Avemco started saying no to more and more people, and the EAA reminded them of their promise. At that point, Avemco said fine, then we just won't be your insurance program anymore.

Of course Avemco is just like every other insurance company, in that they don't want to insure something they aren't convinced is a good risk. That means the EAA had to move on to the best option they had, which certainly doesn't include any promise to insure everyone.

As usual, the true bad guy is the insurance company.  BTW, State Farm just increased all FL homeowners policies by 53%!!!  Yippee...

Cheers,

Rusty (hate paying $500/mo for all my insurance)