AOPA ONLINE
Renew your AOPA membership online. It's easy
- It's a quick and convenient way to renew your AOPA membership.
- Its streamlined three-step application makes it easy to renew.
- Renewing online provides you with a $2 discount off the cost of your membership dues.
- You receive an automatic confirmation that your membership renewal request has been received.
- Eliminates unwanted renewal notices.
Renew your membership on AOPA Online.
Keeping you covered: Hurricane preparedness
With hurricane season under way, AOPA members who live near or plan to travel to hurricane-prone areas should have a plan to relocate their aircraft in the event of a storm.
While developing a plan, pilots should make sure to check their insurance policy to see if it covers any of the costs of relocating their aircraft. Some carriers cover the cost of hiring an evacuation pilot and relocating and storing an aircraft.
In the event you are faced with relocation, the AOPA Insurance Agency offers the following tips to make the process go more smoothly:
- Choose evacuation airports that are comfortably within the range of your aircraft, are out of the hurricane watch or warning area, have scheduled airline service or rental car availability to get you and/or your evacuation pilot back home, and have temporary hangar or tiedown space available.
- If you plan to have an evacuation pilot fly your aircraft, be sure to check your policy's open pilot policy. It will state the required minimum qualifications for the hired pilot. For many common single-engine aircraft, it is simply a private pilot certificate or higher.
Also, when looking for pilots in your area, check flight schools and aviation colleges, as well as local airports.
For more information on hurricane preparedness, call the AOPA Insurance Agency (800/622-2672).
More information on hurricane preparedness is available on AOPA Online.
Weather Wise: Thunderstorms and ATC online course and Safety Advisor
In 2004, 25 percent of the general aviation fatal weather accidents were the result of pilots flying into convective activity. A new course from the AOPA Air Safety Foundation, Weather Wise: Thunderstorms & ATC , includes re-creations of real-world accidents caused by pilots flying into heavy and extreme precipitation. The course also discusses the recent changes in air traffic control terminology used to describe precipitation; offers tips and examples on how to communicate with ATC to ensure pilots know what services are being provided; and provides examples that help pilots learn to gather weather information from what ATC is telling other pilots. In addition to the course, the Thunderstorms and ATC Safety Advisor also is available online.
Notice of annual meeting of members
The annual meeting of the members of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association will be held at noon on Saturday, September 16, 2006, at Wings Field, Ambler, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of receiving reports and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting, including the election of trustees. — John S. Yodice, Secretary
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