On May 10, 8:45*am, lanebush wrote:
On May 10, 8:15*am, Walt Connelly Walt.Connelly.









wrote:
The idea about getting a celebrity to fly and making it cool is a good
one. *John Travolta, an accomplished pilot lives about an hour north of
SLGP. *Perhaps we could invite him down for a ride? *His 707 would be a
bit much for 3000 feet of grass but I am sure there is a single or light
twin available for him to fly. *

Tiger Woods spends a lot of time in Orlando. *Perhaps we could invite
him out..... * Okay, that might not be the best idea because we don't
want hookers, (or slicers) hanging around the flight line...... * or do
we? * Hummmm. *Make it sexy? *With all of Tigers women hanging around it
would be EXTRA SEXY. *We could make them into line crew, I bet that
would get the local TV stations out. *I can see it now.....Tonight:
Hookers at SLGP, film at Eleven.

Walt

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Walt Connelly

Volunteer to present a program at your local civic clubs. *Last year I
did a thirty minute presentation at Rotary and last week made the same
presentation at Kiwanis. *The programs went over very well. *I
included slides of the civic club members who are active in soaring.
You also get a blurb in the local newspaper as a byproduct. *The civic
clubs are hungry for programs and especially like something out of the
oridinary. *It is great PR and you might garner a new student or two.

Lane
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I did a local rotary once, but when I got there found that chapter
only gave 10 minutes to speakers. That meeting was hurry to get
started, hurry through lunch, hurry to draw prizes, hurry through the
speakers, hurry to leave. Even with the free lunch it was not worth
it. My minimum is now 30 minutes, take it or leave it. But you are
right, civic clubs, EAA chapters, aviation programs and CC's and
colleges are good venues. Mall displays, not so much. We will be at
my local municipal airport on Learn to Fly Day, May 21st, 9am-4pm.

Frank Whiteley