Although we have our fair share of rules, our members are more or less free to fly our planes wherever they want, whenever they want, with whomever they want. You want to take a trip to San Francisco? Sure thing - we've even done that in the past! You want to take some of your friends with you so they can experience flying too? Not a problem, just make sure you check the weight and balance.

If you're a Purdue Flight student, you'll find that we have fewer weather restrictions than the aviation program and our planes are available to you 24/7.

Purdue Pilots maintains an insurance policy to cover both the complete hull value of our aircraft and liability for our members.

• $100 deductible for non-motion incidents
• $500 deductible for in-motion incidents
• $1,000,000 liability coverage for bodily injury and property damage

In the event of an incident, the club member flying the plane will be responsible for paying the deductible. However, our members are safe and responsible and this has never been an issue!

PPI is, first and foremost, a club! We're all aviation enthusiasts and come from many areas. Members range from brand new freshman to tenured professors, aerospace engineers to liberal arts students, novice pilots to certified flight instructors. If you like airplanes, you'll fit right in regardless of the number of flight hours you've logged. Please, come join us at a club meeting and meet the group!

First, remember that we're covering your liability insurance (up to $1,000,000!). Second, joining PPI gives you an awesome support group of pilots! Finally, those $20 - $30 hourly savings do add up. If you're going for your private pilot certificate, you'll need at least 40 hours of flight training - flying one of our Warriors, you could save over $1200!

Once you join PPI, you are required to attend at least half of our meetings. More specifically, we require that you show up to at least every other one. If you miss more than two meetings in a row, you face the risk of being grounded; you won't be able to fly our planes. Our meetings are short and fun; we discuss the club's state of affairs and then spend a few minutes on aviation quizzes, listening to guest speakers, or sharing our own stories. It'll be fun, we promise!

PPI Membership isn't free. We wish it was, but flying airplanes isn't cheap. Dues are collected at the beginning of each semester (August, January, and May); for returning members, the charge is $100 for the summer semester and $125 per academic semester. If you are new to the club, you pay a one-time initiation fee of $85 plus the semester dues. We set aside the money we collect from dues and initiation to upgrade our airplanes' avionics and other hardware when needed.