$80 is not bad. There are two here in the Seattle area that charge $200/year. I don't belong to either one. I belong to one club that charges $40/year and they include flight lessons for new (fixed wing) pilots. Well worth the cost IMO. The other club I belong to charges $35 in annual dues and the third one I belong to doesn't charge a thing, but loves donations. This last flying club is inside of one of our State Parks, so it costs me $35 year for a Washington State Park pass to access the state park (good for any of our State's parks though). I fly fixed wings as well as quadcopters, so that is why I belong to several parks.Thanks all for your replies, I still have not seen an AMA letter yet but I still have to go through a stack of mail. I do have my Temp. AMA number.
Looking at the sanctioned AMA fields around me, the nearest one to me wants $80.00 to access the field per year.
Is this normal? Is it high?
I live within the 5 mile radius of New Orleans International airport so everything I want to do in my neighborhood is restricted, naturally. I got away with a lot of things with my P1, but I didn't realize there were rules regarding them until I got my P3P.
Here is the AMA sanctioned club I'm thinking about: Spillway R/C.
Well I am getting the twitches from NOT being able to fly!!! Maybe I can hire an attorney to sue the weather that is prohibiting me from flying???I've been an AMA member for.... I don't know how many years and it paid off for our club about 12 years ago. We had been flying at the same location for several years and this lady moved into a house about 1/4 mile from the runway. Suddenly she started having mental problems and it was determined (by her and her Doctor) that her problems were from the "engine sounds of our aircraft". Our club operated well below the max sound levels and we went out of our ways to accommodate her (shorter flying periods, no flying after a certain hour in the evening etc) but she went and hired a big $$ attorney from out of town.
We contacted the AMA and they sent some legal guidance to help us. In a few months not only had we won the lawsuit but she had to pay our attorney fees. She still lives in that same house to this day and as far as I know she's still just as crazy. Our club moved to a different field a few years ago and that one turned into a solar farm. Last time I heard she was complaining that the solar collectors were lighting up her house and she was having vision problems.
Anyway AMA is very inexpensive insurance and it's much better to be a part of the group that has the resources and desire to support our hobby than just out on your own. Strength in #'s.