In a previous article, David Megginson said:
In Canada, a flying club (at least in my part of the country) is
essentially a non-profit FBO, and some of them date back to the 1920's
to 1940's (in the late 1920's, for example, our flying club founded

Oshawa Flying Club was founded on Commonwealth Air Training Plan cast-off
aircraft. Like Ottawa it's got a club house with a snack bar that appears
to be staffed on weekends, and a huge number of members.

In the U.S., it sounds like a flying club is more like a big
partnership.

I think there are US clubs like yours, but ours is essentially a big
partnership. There are two flying clubs at Greater Rochester
International Airport, ours which charges only a nominal initiation fee
($750) and Artisan which sells you a share (over $16,000 last time I
checked). Ours doesn't refund anything when you quit, and Artisan buys
your share back. They've also got a better plane/member ratio.

I've seen flying clubs in the US where there are members who own their own
planes which they make available to the club members as a sort of
lease-back thing.

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