Quotes please...

Hello all,

I'm working on an article for a regional magazine in California. The
spin of the article is to encourage folks to go down to their local airport
and sign up for that first lesson to get them started on either a sport or
private pilot certificate.

What I'm asking our R.A.P. community for is a concise quote to answer
the question: "Why did you want to learn to fly?"

Please tag your quote with first name, last initial, and either your
state of residence or, if not in the USA, your country code. Sorry, handles
and other cute nicks won't make the grade. If you are familiar with the
business, you know the editor has the final chop on anything that ends up on
the pages.

Go Fly!

Casey Wilson
Freelance Writer
and Photographer

I started flying because:

"...of the challenge," Casey W., CA

"To rise above the bothers of life"
Robert M. Gary
Sacramento, CA

I started flying because:

"I've had a fascination with airplanes since I was a kid"

Will A.
New Milford, CT

Kingfish wrote:
New Milford, CT

Wow, I grew up in "Northville".

It's not often that you hear that town mentioned.

Albuquerque to Carlsbad Caverns - 6 hours by car, 2 hours by air

Denver to Taos - 5.5 hours by car, 2.5 hours by air (got mountains
in the way). Have lunch, stroll around a few galleries,
and be home for the evenings news!

More important...

My schedule, not the airlines. No strip search. And, (to quote the
Stargate promo from last year) you can carry a weapon!

Casey Wilson wrote:
Hello all,

I'm working on an article for a regional magazine in California. The
spin of the article is to encourage folks to go down to their local airport
and sign up for that first lesson to get them started on either a sport or
private pilot certificate.

What I'm asking our R.A.P. community for is a concise quote to answer
the question: "Why did you want to learn to fly?"

Please tag your quote with first name, last initial, and either your
state of residence or, if not in the USA, your country code. Sorry, handles
and other cute nicks won't make the grade. If you are familiar with the
business, you know the editor has the final chop on anything that ends up on
the pages.

Go Fly!

Casey Wilson
Freelance Writer
and Photographer

I started flying because:

"...of the challenge," Casey W., CA


I went to the local FBO looking for the guy who was annoying the
population by practicing aerobatics. I was going to read the riot act
to him. The FBO owner came up and asked why I was there. I was too
embarrassed to tell the truth so I blurted out, "Dah. I think I want to
learn to fly. How much is that?" He told me to take an intro lesson.
As part of the lesson, I actually made the plane take off! I
remember saying to myself, "This is really cool and I CAN do it."

"To be able to escape the congestion of the Bay Area on a moment's
notice"
Jonathan S., CA

I learned to fly in order to scratch a lifelong itch...

Now, of course, I know that it's a spot I can't reach !

Jay B
Chandler, AZ

"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
oups.com...
I learned to fly in order to scratch a lifelong itch...

Now, of course, I know that it's a spot I can't reach !

LOL!

Because...I had to do it. The freedom of a bird, the glorious sunrise, the perfect landing. Such a simple thing, to fly;
such a hard thing, to fly!

Dan D. Kalamazoo, MI

"Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com wrote in message news:uC3bg.6047$343.822@trnddc06...
Hello all,

I'm working on an article for a regional magazine in California. The spin of the article is to encourage folks to
go down to their local airport and sign up for that first lesson to get them started on either a sport or private
pilot certificate.

What I'm asking our R.A.P. community for is a concise quote to answer the question: "Why did you want to learn to
fly?"

Please tag your quote with first name, last initial, and either your state of residence or, if not in the USA, your
country code. Sorry, handles and other cute nicks won't make the grade. If you are familiar with the business, you
know the editor has the final chop on anything that ends up on the pages.

Go Fly!

Casey Wilson
Freelance Writer
and Photographer

I started flying because:

"...of the challenge," Casey W., CA