Girl Scouts and aviation??

When I tried to get involved with Aviation Exploring (I was the
Aviation Explorer Coordinator for the county BSA Council). I wanted
to line up aviation-related activities (Tower, Center visits and
tours of aviation museums) via short trips in GA aircraft .. no dice.

BSA HQ, at that time, steadfastly felt that these Piper Cubs were
downright dangerous and put so many restrictions that they, in
essence, prohibited flights as part of any Aviation Exploring
program.

Glad to see that things may have changed ... maybe enough of the
folks here abandoning BSA over this issue may have helped change
BSA's mind.

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in
oups.com:

Nothing severe in the BSA insurance restrictions. EAA provies the
$1m smooth insurance for you for $35/year. I do it all the time,
no problem with BSA. You just need to fill out both a BSA tour
permit and a flight permit and have it signed by council. YOu also
need to provide information such as medical,etc

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John,
Are you still in the Bay Area or did you move out? I know you talked
about moving several years ago.

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in
ups.com:

Are you still in the Bay Area or did you move out? I know you talked
about moving several years ago.

Still here .. have you been doing any Angel Flights lately? I'm
currently trying to get to Las Vegas to pick up our plane and fly it
back to RHV. Weather's been a tad iffy here lately.

Been taking a few trips to scout out places to move to .. nothing so
far.

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If a youth is really interested in Aviation I suggest the check out the
local CAP group.

As a Scout Master I have had my Troop to airshows, EAA events, several
Museums, Vandenberg, Travis, Castle, Beale, and Edwards. Just when it comes
to flying I have a note from the parents that they can, but just not in
uniform.


"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Montblack" wrote in message
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Over the years I've seen a few Cub Scout / aviation posts on these
newsgroups. I do not recall seeing similar Girl Scout / aviation posts.

Girl Scouts aren't allowed to fly in private aircraft at all. Boy Scouts
have such severe restrictions ($1 million smooth liability, for example)
that they may as well be prohibited as well. Most youth organizations have
become so risk averse that you wonder how they function at all. The Boy
Scouts theoretically have the Aviation Explorers (for both boys and
girls),
but try to actually organize a post....

Well, okay. The effect of many of these rules is that some leaders go
ahead
and organize the prohibited activity anyway. They won't be covered by the
Scouts' insurance and assume all liability on their own. You could require
parents to sign a release acknowledging that the activity is prohibited by
the Scouting organization.

It isn't just aviation, you know. Restrictions on campfires, sharp
objects,
camping, swimming, boating, travel by car, and everything else have pretty
much confined a lot of Scouting units to meeting in churches and either
playing basketball or discussing careers.