* Please note: You must arrive 30 minutes prior to your flight time in order to sign in and attend ground school.
We will try our best to accommodate your desired flight preference. Time slots are assigned on a first come, first served basis. You will be notified of your flight time by postcard in the mail or by email prior to the event date.
Due to weight sensitivity limits on small aircraft, the total weight of any one passenger cannot exceed 250 pounds. Each individual participating in the program will be weighed at the event. Legal weight limits are established for each individual aircraft. Challenge Air MUST adhere to these required, legal safety limits.
The Challenge Air program is designed exclusively to benefit children and youth living with a physical disability or life threatening illness.
DISCLAIMER:
PLEASE READ: Challenge Air reserves the right to determine the eligibility of any special needs participant registered for the Events program. There is a limit to the number of flight times available at each event. We will do the best we can to accommodate all qualified registrants; however, due to capacity constraints, no one is guaranteed a flight. If you are provided a flight time, we can only allow for the participant with special needs, plus up to two guests (no more), to participate in the actual flight. If you are provided a flight time, once at the event, if the participant with special needs decides not to take the flight, the flight is forfeited and will be offered to the next participant. In order to ensure that Challenge Air fulfills its stated mission to the fullest extent, only qualifying participants under age 21 will be permitted to register and participate. The information you provide will be kept confidential and used only to ensure the Challenge Air mission is upheld to the fullest extent. If you have any questions about qualifications, please contact Challenge Air at 214-351-3353, 877-FLY-KIDS, or events@challengeair.org.
1. ASSUMPTION OF RISK: I AM AWARE THAT SUCH FLYING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES MAY CONSTITUTE HAZARDOUS ACTIVITIES. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT. BY SIGNING IT I AM WAIVING IMPORTANT LEGAL RIGHTS WHICH I MIGHT OTHERWISE BE ENTITLED TO UNDER THE LAW. I AM VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATING IN THESE ACTIVITIES WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE DANGERS AND RISKS INVOLVED. Such risks may include, but are not limited to: (i) injury or death due to collision with other aircraft or obstacles on the ground or in the air; an aircraft accident; immersion in water or hypothermia; falling while on the ground or while aboard aircraft; incidents involving aircraft or other hazards while waiting for, boarding, or exiting the aircraft; incidents involving aircraft or other hazards while walking or moving in the airport area; fire, flame, or smoke; temperature extremes or inclement weather; altitude; delay of prompt medical attention; mental stress or stress-related illness; and (ii) loss or damage to or destruction of personal property. I understand that the airplane cannot be guaranteed to function perfectly and may be subject to mechanical malfunctions as well as operator error. I understand that there is not now, nor will there ever be a perfect airplane or a perfect pilot. I have and do assume all of the aforementioned risks, including risks of equipment malfunction and/or failure to function, including those which may result from some defect in design, assembly and/or manufacture as well as those risks arising from improper and/or negligent operation and/or use of the equipment.
2. RELEASE AND WAIVER OF ALL CLAIMS. In consideration of, and as part payment for, the right to participate in Activities arranged for and/or performed by Challenge Air its employees, shareholders, agents, contractors, sub-contractors, directors, lessors, officers, affiliated or related entities or persons, (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Released Parties”), I hereby agree that I, my personal representatives, assignees, heirs, distributes, executors, guardians, legal representatives, and next of kin (hereinafter referred to as “Passenger Parties”) will not make claim against, sue, or attach property of:
(A) Challenge Air, or their respective representatives, assignees, heirs, distributes, executors, guardians, legal representatives, and next of kin;
(B) Owners, suppliers and operators of the aircraft and its components, or their respective representatives, assignees, heirs, distributes, executors, guardians, legal representatives, and next of kin; or
(C) Owners, lessees and operators of any airport from and/or to which such Activities are conducted
(all persons identified in subparagraphs (A), (B) and (C) are hereinafter individually and collectively referred to as “Released Parties”) for injury, death, damage, and any other liability of any nature resulting from negligence or other acts of such Released Parties. I hereby assume full responsibility for any risk of bodily injury, death or property damage arising out of Activities whether caused by the negligence of any Released Parties or otherwise, and I hereby release and hold harmless Released Parties from all actions, claims, or demands that I or Passenger Parties now have, or hereinafter may have, as a result of or in connection with participation in said Activities.
3. COVENANT NOT TO SUE. I and the Passenger Parties agree never to institute or assist in the prosecution of any claim, suit or action at law or otherwise against any of Released Parties by reason of injury to my person or property, or my death, arising from the Activities, regardless of cause. Should any suit or action at law or otherwise be instituted in violation of this Release against any of the Released Parties, I agree that such Released Parties shall be entitled to recover, in addition to any other damages which may be incurred, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in defense of such suit or action, including any appeals therefrom.
4. INDEMNITY AGAINST CLAIMS. I will indemnify, defend, save and hold harmless the Released Parties from any and all losses, claims, actions or proceedings of every kind and character, including attorney's fees and expenses, which may be presented or initiated by any persons and/or organizations and which arise directly or indirectly from my participation in the Activities, whether resulting from the negligence and/or other fault, either active or passive, of any of the Released Parties, or from any other cause.
6. VALIDITY OF WAIVER. I understand that if I institute or anyone on my behalf institutes, any suit or action at law or any claim for damages or cause of action against any of the Released Parties because of injury to my person or property, or my death, due to the Activities, this Release can and will be used in court, and that such agreements have been upheld in courts in similar circumstances. I understand and agree that this document shall be broadly construed in favor of any and all of the released parties and against me and that any and all ambiguities shall be resolved in favor of any and all of the Released Parties.
7. GUNS, WEAPONS, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO. I further agree that my family, friends and I will not bring any guns, weapons, alcohol or tobacco products in on or around the premises of a Challenge Air event, even if there is a license issued by a governmental authority to carry same, and that my property and belongings are subject to being searched for such matters upon entering the premises of said event(s) and if same is found that my family friends and I may be removed from the premises for violating this portion of the agreement. I agree to timely notify Challenge Air if I observe any person possessing guns, weapons, alcohol or tobacco products in, on or around the premises of a Challenge Air event. I understand that this portion of the agreement does not apply to uniformed police officers and law enforcement personnel.