Aviation Business Idea

Jay Honeck wrote:

Does this dog hunt?

Don't think so, however, the FBO at 47N has had shirts made up and available in
the pilot supplies. You might contact them and see how many they've sold.
http://www.centraljerseyairport.com

I didn't buy one.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

I would! The last time I flew to Burns, Oregon, a local helicopter company
guy had on a neat tee shirt. I asked if I could buy one, and they said,
"no, they are just for employees".

I still want one.

tom

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:EZFmf.394649$084.97654@attbi_s22...
Mary had this brainstorm the other day; I present it here for your
opinion...

Why not do something similar at airports? If each FBO had a snazzy
T-shirt that was specific and unique to *their* FBO, and their location,
would you not buy it? I know I would.

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:56:02 -0800, "tom pettit" tompetatpeakdotorg
wrote:

I would! The last time I flew to Burns, Oregon, a local helicopter company
guy had on a neat tee shirt. I asked if I could buy one, and they said,
"no, they are just for employees".

I still want one.

this is a shirt with quaility and good design. Most advertizing Ts I've
seen are of poor quality, cheap design (I don't want the full fron or back
with their advertisment. It should be small. Understatement rule, IMHO),
awful colors and way overprized.

tom

#m
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.................................................. .. War Is Peace
.............................................. Freedom Is Slavery
........................................... Ignorance Is Strength
............................................. George Orwell, 1984

I agree that I typically woudnt buy any shirts that have a large imprint on
it. The shirts I look for at sun and fun are the ones that only have a small
logo on the front or worst case a larger print on the back but with nothing
on the front.


"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:56:02 -0800, "tom pettit" tompetatpeakdotorg
wrote:

I would! The last time I flew to Burns, Oregon, a local helicopter
company
guy had on a neat tee shirt. I asked if I could buy one, and they said,
"no, they are just for employees".

I still want one.

this is a shirt with quaility and good design. Most advertizing Ts I've
seen are of poor quality, cheap design (I don't want the full fron or back
with their advertisment. It should be small. Understatement rule, IMHO),
awful colors and way overprized.

tom

#m
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.................................................. .. War Is Peace
.............................................. Freedom Is Slavery
........................................... Ignorance Is Strength
............................................. George Orwell, 1984

Knowing how much fuel costs and landing fees have risen, this might be a
good tool for competing FBOs at a given field. For an FBO that is the
sole operator at a smaller field, if they didn't try to make their
monthly lease payments from the shirt and kept it very reasonably priced
it could become a sort of traveling billboard for them.

There seems to be a lot of upside potential with very little downside.
Keep them cheap enough and it could become a real neat gimmick.

Regards,

James A. (Jim) Carter


-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Honeck ]
Posted At: Saturday, December 10, 2005 1:26 PM
Posted To: rec.aviation.piloting
Conversation: Aviation Business Idea
Subject: Aviation Business Idea

Mary had this brainstorm the other day; I present it here for your
opinion...

Every Harley dealer in America seems to have their own custom-designed
T-shirt. Usually it's got the Harley-Davidson logo, combined with the
local
dealer's name, and some recognizable symbol. Our local Harley shop has
the
old State Capitol on his (the most historic and recognizable symbol of
Iowa
City), for example.

Many (most?) Harley owners seem to collect these shirts. Wherever they
visit, (and we've had Harley rider guests who have done this), they make
a
bee-line to the local dealer, to buy their shirt. It's kind of a neat
tradition.

Why not do something similar at airports? If each FBO had a snazzy
T-shirt
that was specific and unique to *their* FBO, and their location, would
you
not buy it? I know I would.

Mary has often remarked about how cold and stand-off-ish so many FBOs
are
(with some major exceptions, of course), and how it would be great to be

able to purchase souvenirs from local airports along our many
cross-country
flights. This T-shirt idea would be slick, because (a) it would fill a
perceived need, (b) it wouldn't represent much of an investment from
always
cash-strapped FBOs, and (c) there are tens of thousands of airports, all

over the country.

Anyone out there own a T-shirt shop? Could not, say, the Wizard of
Draws
be employed creating unique designs for each airport?

Does this dog hunt?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I've had the same "want" for a long time. It would be particularly
nice if they had both a t-shirt and polo available.

I agree. Polo shirts suck. Only yupee asswipes wear them. Give me a tee.
tom

wrote in message
oups.com...
I've had the same "want" for a long time. It would be particularly
nice if they had both a t-shirt and polo available.

wrote in message
oups.com...
I've had the same "want" for a long time. It would be particularly
nice if they had both a t-shirt and polo available.

Really, if they are silk screened, the screen investment is the biggest
cost, so the only difference between t's and polo's should be the price of
the base shirt.

See, we can all live together, here!
--
Jim in NC

Really, if they are silk screened, the screen investment is the biggest
cost, so the only difference between t's and polo's should be the price of
the base shirt.

A good polo will be sewn. If it's not good quality, I won't buy it.
And the FBO wouldn't want it to represent them.

Jose
--
You can choose whom to befriend, but you cannot choose whom to love.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

A good polo will be sewn. If it's not good quality, I won't buy it. And
the FBO wouldn't want it to represent them.

Although I agree with you, the object of this game is to keep the investment
affordable for even the smallest FBO. If the FBOs don't buy into the idea,
if a pilot can't get a unique t-shirt at *every* FBO, this house of cards
comes tumbling down.

I think the key is to make the t-shirts unique to the area, and to the FBO,
so that pilots want them as souvenirs. Good quality is a must, but they
just can't be too pricey, or they will rot on the rack. An embroidered polo
shirt is quite a bit more pricey than a screen-printed t-shirt.

So, anyone got any idea how best to get in touch with 10,000 FBOs?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"