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wrote My wife becomes, or can become physically ill in several ways when flying. Is it no surprise flying isn't her favorite thing to do? Has she tried those electronic wrist bands for airsickness? I have heard good things about how those things work. It sounds like your wife is about the same as mine. She encourages my interests, and I encourage hers. It has worked well for us. -- Jim in NC |
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You know Jay, I get the feeling that one day, maybe ten or twenty years
from now, you'll just hang it up and stop flying at all. Been there, done that, whatever. The passion will have just... well... died, and you won't understand why, nor will it make much sense to you to even ask why, because you won't be actually =feeling= the passion any more. It will happen, for sure. My vision will continue to deteriorate. My blood pressure -- recently brought under control through weight loss -- will continue its inexorable upward climb. There will be no escaping the final defeat, and my flying *will* cease. But not until I've seen every last corner of this country from the left seat. And not until I've passed my passion on to every person who sets foot in my lobby. That I can promise. You can't imagine it now. But you tout flying as the "be all and end all for everyone" so strongly that I wonder what the future will surprise you with. One thing I've learned in life is that things don't turn out the way it looks like they are going to. Boy, ain't that the truth. Three years ago, I was embarking on an almost unbelievably risky venture to rescue an old hotel from the jaws of collapse, and to rebuild it in the image of an almost unimaginably stupid dream. NO ONE thought it could succeed, and none of us thought it would make money. Well, here we are, three years later (on 8/19), and I'm here to tell you that we haven't lost a dime. We haven't made much, either, but the entire flying community has come out to support us, and we've turned a small profit every year. People we could never have counted on (and had never even heard of) came out of the woodwork with irreplaceable, one-of-a-kind memorabilia and artwork -- all of it donated -- to help make our hotel unique and therefore successful. Mustang stuff came from Vlado. SR-71 stuff came from Bill. Memphis Belle stuff came from Bob Morgan himself. Stearman stuff came from local pilots. Reno air race stuff was received from the race organizers themselves. Web space was donated by Jav Henderson. ALL of this stuff was donated, freely -- because these folks knew we didn't have a pot to pee in, and they wanted to see their stuff enshrined in a setting that real, honest, down-to-earth pilots and enthusiasts will see and enjoy. They shared the dream. I don't know about you, but that makes my throat tighten. I tend to get awfully choked up about the generosity and assistance we've received from pilots all over the world -- none of it requested or expected. These folks just gave, freely, and without reservation, and all of us have benefited from it. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" "Jose" wrote in message t... Jose -- Quantum Mechanics is like this: God =does= play dice with the universe, except there's no God, and there's no dice. And maybe there's no universe. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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The passion will have just... well... died, and you won't
understand why, nor will it make much sense to you to even ask why, because you won't be actually =feeling= the passion any more. It will happen, for sure. My vision will continue to deteriorate. My blood pressure... I don't mean that way. I mean, maybe one day you'll wake up and realize you just don't love aviation any more. You like it... it's handy... but... And none of your reasons will apply. Jose -- Quantum Mechanics is like this: God =does= play dice with the universe, except there's no God, and there's no dice. And maybe there's no universe. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in
You put your finger on one reason I sold the Maule. It took me 45 minutes on a good day to drive to the airport. Over fairly heavily traveled 2-lane roads that could easily add half an hour to the trip. Add in 20 minutes to untie and pre-flight and 15 minutes to put her to bed and the entire afternoon is gone for even a short flight. Now George, we've been over this before. If you had been open to moving to a more GA friendly part of the country, you, too, could have lived 30 seconds from your plane. You opted instead to remain in the congested eastern part of the US, for purely economic reasons. But, it's a valid point. I'm selling the Zlins. Acro was fun, was *almost* a flying-habit supporting business and a great way to learn to fly. I'm down for a fifth of an SR-22. But I'm having trouble finding two more people with the necessary 500 hours PIC as required by the insurers. The airport is a 15 minute walk away. (And I live downtown in a busy metropolis.) There's another airport an hours drive away where I can get the necessary partners. But that doesn't interest me much. The spontaneity is important. Maybe I'll get a cottage and an ultralight. moo |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:27:02 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote: Has she tried those electronic wrist bands for airsickness? I have heard good things about how those things work. It sounds like your wife is about the same as mine. She encourages my interests, and I encourage hers. It has worked well for us. It isn't just air sickness, the other part of it is that her ears hurt after just a few minutes due to pressure changes. I don't get very high when we're up but it doesn't matter. She's always been that way, even in the car going up and down seemingly small hills. We'll be driving along and she will be swallowing and yawning and she'll say: "Finally, my ears cleared." I bought a set of ear plugs that have a calibrated hole in them that are supposed to make a difference, but we haven't tried them yet. Not much point, she's really not interested in going flying, especially when she doesn't have to. But she certainly understands my enjoyment for flight. Corky Scott |
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"Jose" wrote I don't mean that way. I mean, maybe one day you'll wake up and realize you just don't love aviation any more. You like it... it's handy... but... And none of your reasons will apply. Nope. Not Jay. I'll put money on it. This could be a rather lengthy wager, though. g -- Jim in NC |
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"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message . .. "Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in news:3isMe.1815$7f5.1413@okepread01: "Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message ups.com... Check http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/trend.html for a quantitative summary of trends. Private, commercial and instrument issuances are down 12% since 2000. New aircraft shipments are down 10% since 2000. Avgas sale is down almost 25% since 1999. OK, dying may be an overstatement, but it is not looking rosy either. On the other hand, this year's Airventure drew record crowds. I am not sure what to make of that, but it is probably something similar to what happens in spectator sports. Large number of people turn up to watch but very few are able to participate. Interesting.... Total Student Issuances 59,989 59,311 -1% -678 Private Issuances 23,826 23,331 -2% -495 You are comparing the 2004 numbers to 2003. I was comparing the 2004 numbers to the peak year (which in this case was 2002). The change in private issuance is -18% in that case. Student pilot issuance is also - 11%. Andrew, that is the worst job of sniping I've seen in a while. You sipped everything I wrote which was in no way questioning your comparisons or even your thesis. |
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Private Issuances
23,826 23,331 -2% -495 You are comparing the 2004 numbers to 2003. I was comparing the 2004 numbers to the peak year (which in this case was 2002). That was peak year as far back as AOPA went. It may be relevant to the discussion that going back to 1971, according to GAMA, the peak year was 1978, with 58,064 PP Certificate issuances. And in that period (up through 1982), 8 of the years were over 50,000. It's not in AOPA's interest to broadcast such things, I guess. Fred F. |
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I don't mean that way. I mean, maybe one day you'll wake up and realize
you just don't love aviation any more. You like it... it's handy... but... And none of your reasons will apply. Not! (What else can I say?) :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
Andrew, that is the worst job of sniping I've seen in a while. You sipped everything I wrote which was in no way questioning your comparisons or even your thesis. His snipping is not so hot, either. |
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