The Academy established a program in the mid-1960s for local AMA members to join together as a group and secure use of private, commercial or public property for flying sites. This was structured under the concept of organized groups, which were identified as AMA Chartered Clubs. Today, the Academy provides liability coverage to approximately 2,400 chartered clubs throughout the United States.
By Georgia Sparling
ROCHESTER — There’s definitely something boyish about a bunch of men flying model airplanes, but that doesn’t mean anyone can pick up the controls of a 1/5 scale World War II bomber and safely land it on water.
