[reo]

Originally Posted by scochrane

I've been a MAAC member for the last five years since returning to flying and still trying to earn my wings. Does that make me a better flyer than a non-maac flyer? There are a lot of great flyers out there without MAAC, they just need the encouragement to join.

40 years in the hobby and I don't have my wings yet either

[williame3590]

Young Mason getting his wings.


Bill

[NDW]

Mason.... Way to go..... Big congratulations.......

D.

[mwavesdave]

Wicked, nice to see some young people enjoying the hobby, and not being glued to a screen in a basement. Way to go Mason, and your family, you're on the right track.

[Frank Klenk]

Congratulations Mason! Nice to see a young man like yourself so interested in aviation. Will you be going for your full scale pilots license too?

[fsone]

Congratulations Mason! on getting your wings all the best to you. Happy flying. You have some nice planes there.

[Bdegan]

Congratulation s Mason !!!!!

Bill, if you could send me the photos and some more info on Mason. We can post it on MAAC's Facebook page

Southeast_zd@yahoo dot CA

Or

Zd-L@maac dot CA



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[flybywire]

Originally Posted by Kargon

Heard of stories from people on here saying "they heard this and that". Never has a MAAC member posted here saying that they were denied coverage by MAAC for an accident when they were fallowing MAAC guidlines.

My story happened withing a few weeks after your post. I fly those things for many years I know and follow the rules.

At the time when accident happened over the Atlantic ocean waters where was no insurance policy on the MAAC web site. It was added a month later. Interesting that when I called in reporting accident first question was "Is it multi-rotor with a camera involved"? After I say "yes" long pause clearly state "your claim is denied". Surely it got denied after 4 month of MAAC keeping silence and only providing one excuse after another excuse.
BS #1: FPV is not allowed in US.
BS #2: UHF control
And since accident took place "there was a safety issue". Any communication stops at this moment MACC shut the door for 8 year in a row member. They "feel that claim should be denied". Decisions are based on feelings of certain individuals within MAAC. Great. You do your best to have all permissions, licenses and safety things taken care of but if accident did happen it means that there was a "safety issue". You fail.

I am wondering how many of similar cases ended up in the trash bin with "denied" stamp on them. Why not publish details of all reported accidents?

For myself now I know there is no point so subscribe to magazine $100/year. I am not going to renew my membership after seeing all this BS with the claim handling by MAAC.
But for others it might be very educational to know what outcome of accident can be.

Flying FPV in LOS range with a spotter by all the MAAC and AMA posted rules must never end with an accident. If it did there was "a safety issue" followed by "feels like claim should be denied". You got warned.

[reo]

Originally Posted by DominicD

So you think pilots who don't fly at a club, who aren't regularly flying with other pilots in the air, or learning the rules of flying with others, or being around many other experienced pilots ....

yup, you're right, the guy flying his turbine at his unregistered farm field doesn't have near the skills the guys at the club have.....sheesh!