"Google Madness" wrote in message news7cKh.3341$I56.128@trnddc06...
: Twenty years ago I almost got into flying, I'd even taken my Discovery
: Flight and was all set to dive in. Then my wife-to-be put the kabosh on it
: saying it was too much money.
: Now money isn't so much an issue anymore and I'm all set once again to
: follow my dream of having my PPL.
: But, I've heard so many depressing things about the state of ( and future
: of ) GA I'm wondering if the era of GA has passed me by.
:
: Here's one article, like many others that I've read, that expresses many of
: the issues that sounds so dismal for GA. I'm now seriously considering
: scrapping the idea of a PPL once again but I'd like to hear from some people
: out there if the situation is not really as bad as this sounds.
:
: http://www.megginson.com/blogs/lahso...eral-aviation/
:
: Thanks
:
:


I learned to fly in the mid 70's and flew for a while as a CFI and com pilot, oh the passion! After so many hours and so
many layoffs, I found a 'real' job and did not fly again for 24 years. A couple of years ago my wife finally prodded me
back, and it is great. GA is not dead and the freedoms we enjoy here in the USA are like no where else on earth. Raise
your flag and fly! You will regret it if you don't, and have adventures like no other when you do!

Dan D.