Beginning Flying Questions

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Thanks everyone! Wow, quick responses and I really appreciae it. I live
in olathe kansas. There is a Air Associates of Kansas that has a $59
discovery flight that I think i will try. Thanks!!

One other question. Will flying normally invalidate my work based life
insurance? Or does each policy have different options?

Each policy is different. However, I can't imagine any policy that would be
*invalidated* should you take up flying. The worst you might have to deal
with is the policy not covering death while acting as a crew-member of an
airplane. I suppose a *really* restrictive one might exclude any death
while in an airplane, passenger or otherwise, but I've never heard of
anything like that.

The "while acting as a crew-member" exclusion is reasonably common though,
so you would definitely want to check your own policy to see if you have
that exclusion. If you do, there are alternative life insurance plans that
address that risk.

Not that being a pilot unduly increases your risk of death while acting as a
crew-member, but any wise pilot makes sure that all the bases are covered.

As someone else mentioned, rec.aviation.student is a great place for
beginning pilots. One thing you should keep in mind: you may be a student
pilot, but you are also the customer. If you are not comfortable with your
training, either because of the airplane, the instructor, the way the flight
school is run, whatever, you should feel free to explore alternatives.
There are definitely good schools, instructors, etc. out there. Don't
hesitate to make sure you're using them.

Pete

"Peter Duniho" writes:

wrote in message
oups.com...
Thanks everyone! Wow, quick responses and I really appreciae it. I live
in olathe kansas. There is a Air Associates of Kansas that has a $59
discovery flight that I think i will try. Thanks!!

One other question. Will flying normally invalidate my work based life
insurance? Or does each policy have different options?

Each policy is different. However, I can't imagine any policy that would be
*invalidated* should you take up flying. The worst you might have to deal
with is the policy not covering death while acting as a crew-member of an
airplane. I suppose a *really* restrictive one might exclude any death
while in an airplane, passenger or otherwise, but I've never heard of
anything like that.

Another thing to check is your health insurance policy. When I was a
student at CMU the health insurance policy provided to students had a
specific exclusion for any injuries or other health problems incurred
while flying in a non-commercial airplane. This meant that to take
flying lessons (or even go for a ride!) you either had to take your
chances or buy a second health insurance policy.

Chris
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