death of GA in NY

LOL. I actually thought about restarting my flight training, now that I
have more time to do so and split time between Cow Hampshire and Lawn Guy
Land. But I think not....

The once a week lesson (then once a month due to time constraints) that
the damned flight school at FRG sold me on years back just wasn't gonna
work out. (That, plus my experiences flying with my buddy out of ISP who
still can't figure out how to use the new-fangled GPS is why I know that
there are many GA flyers who just are not that skilled.) Of course, the
flight school was more than willing to take my $$ before I realized you
can't get competent by training sporatically, so I pulled the plug and
stuck with my other time consuming hobbies.

But, I can easily drive to New London (and take a few minutes to protest
the illegal taking of private property there), hop on the ferry, and be
home in about 4 hours. Flying, with the pre-flight, weather, car rental,
etc. wouldn't save that much time, and I'd constantly be keeping my eye
on the weather.

Personally, I would never again take up flying again unless I had the time
to get instrument rated. Of course, I would be more than willing to pay my
own way, and would obey all noise abatement procedures (safety allowing),
unlike the dolts who just don't give a s____t.

Thank you for not buzzing my house on your trip to Maine.