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Hi Thomas,
They can't change to SAA. Paul Poberezny thought the EAA should be
more grass roots and started a new organization. Since EAA was taken,
he used SAA. http://www.sportaviation.org/ You might enjoy reading http://www.sportaviation.org/SAA_CHANGES_DIRECTION.pdf. Unfortunately,
SAA isn't flourishing. They have suspended publication of their very
nice magazine "To Fly", but sen out some email messages occasionally.
They have an annual fly-in. This year it was at Urbana, IL in June. I
plan on attending some of their fly-ins in future years.
Bob W.
On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 21:29:29 -0500
"Thomas y Reina Jakits" <rijakits@cwpanama.net> wrote:
MessageRusty I hear you,
I too got actually very good advice from EAA, when I needed it and I called them, actually nice folks - generally.
The question is more like: Is it still Experimental/Homebuilt/encourage experimentation aircraft and engines??
I am afraid EAA should rename itself to SAA (SportAviationAsso.) - they definitely lost the touch to the E in the AA.
Actually it seems their legal department is more concerned about liability concerning encouragement of Experimenting and Homebuilding.
Don't blame them either for that as the legal environment in the blessed US of A is a liability hell.
BUT never mind IF you are Eaa, then deal with it and stick with it.
It is one hell of a business and E in the AA made it possible - no problem whatever makes it happen and for along time Paul Poberezny made it happen - just look at the impossible or at least incredible amount of hassle folks have to get through in other countries to live their dream!
But unfortunately, business is more important that spirit now - greed is a ferocious disease!
I won't say I am immune, but I surely hope I remember and recognize the symptoms if I ever get in that position!
Thomas J.
----- Original Message ----- From: Russell Duffy To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:50 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: EAA Sport Aviation
I'd like to hear about it, Thomas. I'm also done sending EAA $40. I've heard similar rants from others recently, and thought this would be the year that I would not renew my EAA membership. When I thought about this, I got the idea to contact my insurance agent for the RV-8 (NationAir), and ask if I really get any worthwhile benefit on my insurance for being an EAA member. His answer was that the EAA program was MUCH less restrictive, particularly during the fly-off period than any other company around, so his advice was to stay with the EAA since I have the RV-8 pending first flight in a few months. The message here is to contact your insurance folks and ask the same question. I don't believe there's any way to get the EAA insurance program to cover a rotary, so if that's all you're interested in, then maybe dropping the EAA won't matter. It's worth a call to check though. Cheers,
Rusty
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