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Thread: Flying an aircraft that the Chapter builds

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    MADean's Avatar
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    A few members from chapter 1177 (Palmyra, WI) have recently decided to build a Double Eagle as a sort of "unofficial" chapter project. Something to do, that won't cost an arm & a leg to build. And when done, we'll have an plane we can fly, affordably, just for the fun of it. We've invited any chapter member who wants to join in to do so. We're financing it ourselves, so the chapter will never own it, and we'll form a club somewhere during the build. (Probably sooner than later.) For now, it's something we hope will build some interest, for both existing and new members, in the chapter. Already we have 5 members - including two new ones - who have "bought" into the project. (They've even invested cash money.)

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    Our Chapter, 95 Morris IL, has just recieved the first kit for a Van's RV-12. We will be building the airplane as a flying/building club which will be an LLC and seperate from our Chapter. We are limiting shares in the LLC to 10 at this time. The biggest issue with the flying club structure seems to be insurance, this is where EAA can hopfully help us in the future.

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    This thread goes directly to an idea that came up at our chapter meeting the other day, where we formed an exploratory committee.. I'm on that committee, so any suggestions on how to get started with what it takes to form such a flying club, or a rough idea how long before chapters may be able to fly under existing framework would be greatly appreciated.

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