Author: Jim Logajan
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Now Part of AOPA’s Flying Club Network
AOPA has a Flying Club Initiative that has been very helpful in getting the club started. In fact a recent discussion with Steve Bateman of the Initiative lead to the club being added to AOPA’s Flying Club Network. Membership came with some unexpected gifts from AOPA and Aircraft Spruce who are both keen to help…
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The Club’s First Airplane
Here are a few photos I took of the airplane the club is leasing:
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First Club Meeting
Held the first club meeting. There were just three of us. This is a slightly redacted copy of meeting notes I emailed to all interested prospects: Hi all, Paul, David, and I met at the restaurant this afternoon. We decided that there were just enough of us to move forward on forming the club. According…
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Status: Five Prospective Members
So far five people (which includes myself) have expressed an interest in club membership. However, one prospect does not have a private pilot license but would be interested in earning it through the club. After expressing interest one other prospect reported a change in circumstances that required postponing any decision to join for at least…
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Contact and Formation Info
If you have any questions or interest in joining the club, or have an airplane to lease, or have some other helpful information then you can let us know in any of these ways: Among the first steps in the club formation checklist is finding just two more people willing to be board members and…
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Cost Estimates to Join and Fly
The cost to join and fly depends on the number of club members and the consensus of minimum acceptable airplane. To provide some idea of the range of cost tradeoffs, I present below three examples. I tried to use conservative values, which means actual costs should be lower than shown. Since both AOPA and EAA…
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Club Formation Checklist
Forming a non-profit flying club can be done in an ad-hoc manner and succeed, but to avoid surprises I’ve attempted to compose a checklist that covers the main tasks that need to be performed. The tasks in this checklist need not, and likely wont, be done in the order shown. It is also probably missing…
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Cautionary Notes on Joining
While I have expended many hours of effort and modest amounts of money to alert people to the formation of the club, there is definitely no profit or esteem associated with it. Just a simple desire to share the costs and benefits of aviating. However, I think hard sales pitches that entice members by brushing…
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Origin of the Proposed Club Name
A name comes in handy when starting a club, even if it later needs to be changed. Many clubs use local geographic or political entity names in their club names, so I decided to join the crowd. The Black Hills area has many interesting place names, starting with “Black Hills”. It is such an obvious…