Comments on: One pilot sparks GA in an entire country http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191 Online perspective from the editors of "AOPA Pilot". Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Peter Lenton http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191&cpage=1#comment-146844 Peter Lenton Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:07:57 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191#comment-146844 I had the pleasure of meeting and being hosted by Haewoon Lee last year when I was visiting Korea to see my son who is in the US Army. Mr Lee was extremely gracious and I enjoyed the experience immensely.

Thank you Mr Lee for taking the time to foster GA in Korea and I wish you the very best of luck

Please let me know if you are ever in the United States. I recently entered a partnership in a Mooney Acclaim and would very much enjoy the privilege of taking you for a ride

- Peter Lenton, CFI
peterlenton@cox.net

]]> By: Chris Marz http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191&cpage=1#comment-104672 Chris Marz Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:37:52 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191#comment-104672 I am in SK for the next 3 months working in the Busan area. I am looking for contact details to meet Capt Lee or encouraging others in SK GA

I have a modest number of hours, US PPL looking to discover SK flying.

All guidance welcome.

]]> By: Joon http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191&cpage=1#comment-98502 Joon Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:44:54 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191#comment-98502 I wish I had been there. I was supposed to ride that airplane with you that day.
But I couldn’t make it. I just tried to have lunch with you. But also I failed to do so.

I am one of Korea AOPA member and I wanted to welcome you with all my heart.
I wanted to give good impressions to foreigner AOPA members who come to Korea for a short visit.
But as I can see and hear from Mr.Lee, he did a pretty good job welcoming foreign
AOPA member. He posted the picture and story that day on Korea AOPA official website.
http://www.aopakorea.org. I’m jealous. ^^ I also wanted to see your I-pad and GPS stuff.

It’s good to hear that you’re welcomed well. I hope we can get toghter later. See ya’

]]> By: Fernando Diz http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191&cpage=1#comment-98486 Fernando Diz Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:52:57 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191#comment-98486 I am in Korea and about to meet Mr. Lee. Thanks to him, he put me in touch with Captain Lee who also happens to be an instructor at Gimpo Airport flight School. They fly C-172, and Semioles. Captain Lee is very knowledgeable and a great host. I was treated first class by both Capt. Lee and the other instructors at the FlightSchool. thanks to HeaWoon Lee I was able to meet all these pilots and instructors who were courteous, generous with their time and knowledge. I recommend this place to any American coming to Korea. Expats flying does not operate out of Gimpo and they seem to operate only experimental airplanes (I may be wrong on this account) but I saw the dirt strip where they operate from while on a flight going south of Gimpo airport. I contacted them and they seem to be a business offering flying classes and they have a membership base. At any rate, I was discouraged by them about the whole flying business in Korea. A totally different experience once I contacted Capt. Lee and the flight School at Gimpo. They explained everything I needed to know, the regulations, and how you go about flying in Korea. I would highly recommend them if you want to have a chance of flying in Korea.

]]> By: Alon Shlesinger http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191&cpage=1#comment-96197 Alon Shlesinger Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:33:04 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191#comment-96197 Upon arrival to Korea 5 years ago one of the first things I did (if not the very first) was to look up the GA situation in the country. HaeWoon Lee welcomed me with open arms and we immediately shared the common enthusiasm which makes any GA pilot feel at home anywhere in the world. Flying in his beautiful C-210, my favorates among the single engines, gave me a home feeling in a place that initially felt very different from Home.
As the years past my father, a pilot as well, came to fly here while visiting and I got to know the global network surrounding HaeWoon Lee and his pioneering work.
I was very proud to have Mr. Lee at my home country, Israel, in the anual AOPA event last week and felt he was representing Korea which is now a bit my country as well, thanks to him and his passion for flying.
Thank Mr. Lee for your friendship and keep on going full throttle.

]]> By: Joon http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191&cpage=1#comment-96194 Joon Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:50:35 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191#comment-96194 Congratulations Mr.Lee.
Now you became a world famous person.
He is the pioneer. No doubt about it.

]]> By: Andrew Leonard http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191&cpage=1#comment-96193 Andrew Leonard Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:47:41 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191#comment-96193 Forgot to mention that I’m a private pilot in the US – puts my blub into context! I got my private pilot certificate on 4/25/2008 and have flown nearly equal hours in C-152s, C-172s, C-206s, and a Bellanca Scout 8GCBC.

]]> By: Andrew Leonard http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191&cpage=1#comment-96192 Andrew Leonard Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:45:59 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1191#comment-96192 Very cool article. Yes, GA is pretty much non-existent in Korea. I’m an American living and teaching in Korea, and I have very few options when it comes to flying here. The situation seems to be slowly improving, though.

There is a flight school south of Seoul, Expat Flyers, run by a guy who owns his own plane. It turns out, supposedly, that foreigners can’t fly solo here , but I was told that I could fly left-seat and tour with the guidance of a Korean pilot. It’s a lot more expensive than it is in the US (I think this is true anywhere, given GA in the us is the cheapest in the world), but I think it would be fantastic to fly GA in a new place, even if only for 1.5 on the hobbs.

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