I know nothing of the background to this but there are many instances of where somebody pulls the plug on something, citing “insurance” or “liability”.
In virtually all cases it turns out to be bollocks, and the reason is really something else.
You can get insurance for nearly everything, and the price is usually not as high as people think.
One example: people who own hangars claim that insurance costs are prohibitive, and they use this to increase the rental to say 10 aircraft by a total of £5000/year.
Guess what the annual premium for a 10 x TB20 sized hangar is?
About £600/year (quoted a few years ago, and aviation insurance hasn’t gone up).
“Liability” is a handy excuse for just about everything that somebody doesn’t want to do anymore for private/personal or business reasons.
If you then call the person’s bluff and ask them to show you their insurance quotes, they usually get aggressive and terminate the conversation…
Regarding Hahnweide I was able to talk to a member of the flying club that is the organiser of the event. According to him, the cancellation of the airshow is not caused by regulations or complications inflicted by the insurers, but rather by a kind of silent revolt of the flying club members against the club management: ”We joined this club and spend our money and free time here because we want to fly aeroplanes and not because we want to organise and host airshows.” But of course this is only the opinion of one person.
… which, if it were more general, would confirm the demise of volunteer enthusiasm, as claimed here in another thread.
which, if it were more general, would confirm the demise of volunteer enthusiasm, as claimed here in another thread.
Or maybe confirm that taking a PPL means you want to fly, not run air shows?
This flyin seems to be the new euro-oshkosh (maybe the comparison is a bit exaggerated):
https://sites.google.com/view/experimental-aviation
It is the european experimental fly-in, in Switzerland this year. Camping is allowed, along with local flying during the weekend and visits of the area.
