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I dropped EAA several years ago, figured the $40 could be better
spent. However, Some good might have been done with the sport pilot
license. I also dropped the Avemco insurance on my project when I
became aware that I couldn't get coverage for the first flight. More
$ saved to go to project.
Wendell
---- Original Message ----
From: eanderson@carolina.rr.com
To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: EAA Sport Aviation
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:02:08 -0400
MessageI 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.
Ed
----- 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)
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