Comments on: 25 years and counting http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1280 Online perspective from the editors of "AOPA Pilot". Wed, 22 May 2013 00:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: cynthia j. blickenstaff http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1280&cpage=1#comment-96690 cynthia j. blickenstaff Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:50:32 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1280#comment-96690 to: Karl Roesch
Found ;a website page on the Internet about ;owners of planes.
I remember the number of N1208C
I found your name, yesterday.
I found this website page, today.
THIS Plane; single engine of call numbers N1208C. was in Santa Barbara,California from 1977-1980 owned by my father and partner.( was white in color.)
MY father able to get his private pilots license. My father few this plane from California to Minnesota back to California.
MY father flew this plane around the volcano; (alaska) with local Gov’t permission.
MY father lived his life in SantaBarbara,California; was a school teacher.
MY father 1926-1985 diagnosed with cancer in 1984.
I DO not have pictures, I have asked my step-mother.

cynthia j. blickenstaff ( my maiden name; blickenstaff) august 3, 2010

]]> By: Karl L. Roesch http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1280&cpage=1#comment-96358 Karl L. Roesch Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:02:02 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1280#comment-96358 And then there is the PC where you can fly virtually in any weather and at your convenience
The down side:

YOU CAN’T GET A BIG JURY AWARD IF YOU MAKE A STUPID MISTAKE.

]]> By: Richard Depinay http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1280&cpage=1#comment-96347 Richard Depinay Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:35:21 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1280#comment-96347 “Want to get more people flying? ‘It’s the economy, stupid.’”

I disagree.
It’s a lot more about perceptions, and competing with other fun stuff to do but with a much simpler easy access.

There are a lot of activities, again a lot, which cost as much as flying.
Let’s take boating for example: a boat is going to cost me as much buy buying, maintaining, tie down this thing somewhere as a single engine.
If I say I own a boat, people will not judge me as much as if I say ” I own an airplane”. then automatically, I’m rich.

The first contact with flight schools is also terrible usually. I usually pose as a secret shopper, and I’m horrified how often I’ve been greeted with arrogance, lack of respect, poor professionalism, etc, etc…
Flight schools need to understand that they are competing with golf, motocross, mountain bike and many other outdoor activities.

I’m not saying that flying is cheap. But we are kidding ourselves if we think the only reason why we are losing pilots are $$$…

]]> By: Beth Warren http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1280&cpage=1#comment-96342 Beth Warren Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:09:25 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1280#comment-96342 Enjoyed the post! Congrats on 25 years!

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