A little positive GA news coverage

http://tinyurl.com/239ane

The reporter got almost every detail wrong -- but, hey, it's positive
news about young people flying, and it was published in a Gannett-
owned periodical... We'll take it!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote in news:73a917dc-dc63-4711-86b4-
:

http://tinyurl.com/239ane

The reporter got almost every detail wrong -- but, hey, it's positive
news about young people flying, and it was published in a Gannett-
owned periodical... We'll take it!



Hey Larry, when you start netkkkoping mr waste of space here I'll take you
seriously.


Bertie

I think it's an excellent article.. any "details" that may be wrong would
not be noticeable to the non-aviator.. so it yields a great positive light
on a young man's accomplishments.

BT

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
...
http://tinyurl.com/239ane

The reporter got almost every detail wrong -- but, hey, it's positive
news about young people flying, and it was published in a Gannett-
owned periodical... We'll take it!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Dec 31, 12:20*pm, Jay Honeck wrote:

The reporter got almost every detail wrong -- but, hey, it's positive
news about young people flying, and it was published in a Gannett-
owned periodical... * We'll take it!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Jay, This is coming from someone who was a PPL at 17, a COMM INST at
19 and a Corporate pilot at 21. I felt no need to alert the press or
have my father make ENDLESS posts to RAP every time I went to the
airfield. Its good that your boy flys, but you have to be pretty self
absorbed to think we all need to constantly be reminded .

"F. Baum" wrote in news:406f86df-5e7d-47c2-a86c-
:

On Dec 31, 12:20*pm, Jay Honeck wrote:

The reporter got almost every detail wrong -- but, hey, it's positive
news about young people flying, and it was published in a Gannett-
owned periodical... * We'll take it!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Jay, This is coming from someone who was a PPL at 17, a COMM INST at
19 and a Corporate pilot at 21. I felt no need to alert the press or
have my father make ENDLESS posts to RAP every time I went to the
airfield. Its good that your boy flys, but you have to be pretty self
absorbed to think we all need to constantly be reminded .

Nameless cowardly troll ( just cutting to the inevitable chase)




Bertie

F. Baum wrote:

Jay, This is coming from someone who was a PPL at 17, a COMM INST at
19 and a Corporate pilot at 21. I felt no need to alert the press or
have my father make ENDLESS posts to RAP every time I went to the
airfield. Its good that your boy flys, but you have to be pretty self
absorbed to think we all need to constantly be reminded .

Maybe if you had we would have a few more people that became pilots.

On Dec 31, 1:18*pm, Gig601XLBuilder wrote:

Maybe if you had we would have a few more people that became pilots.

Yea you are probably right but I grew up in a major metropolitan area
and I doubt something like what I did would have been newsworthy. I am
sure it is different in Iowa.
Frank

Maybe if you had we would have a few more people that became pilots.

Precisely.

Every day we read about kids hitting baseballs, or sinking baskets, or
running really fast -- but we never, EVER read about kids learning to
fly. Ever.

It's no wonder that kids don't get into aviation anymore -- not only
are few kids doing it, no one is even talking about the kids doing
it. If 200 kids see one of their peers in the paper doing something
they had never dreamt of doing, perhaps that will open their eyes to
what is truly possible.

I know I wish someone had told *me* that I could learn to fly, when I
was 17...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
I know I wish someone had told *me* that I could learn to fly, when I
was 17...

Most of us were bright enough to figure it out on our own...

I know I wish someone had told *me* that I could learn to fly, when I
was 17...

Most of us were bright enough to figure it out on our own...

True, everyone here (well, with some exceptions) figured it out --
eventually. In my case, however, I wasted 35 years of my life on the
ground, gazing skyward, never realizing how truly easy and accessible
GA was -- because there were no role models. Until I went to work
for a guy who flew, I had no "in" at the airport.

If we want to grow GA, mentoring is the only way to do it. Unless one
is exceptionally motivated, the hurdles between the street and the
runway are just too great for the average guy to navigate on his own.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"