Get-there-itis

Jay Honeck wrote:
The man was no spring chicken, and he knew his business. He was, after
all, an airport manager, and a fellow who lived with his plane out on
the farm. His aircraft was a beauty, too -- a fine, straight-tailed
Cessna 182, with a handsome new interior -- and he flew it to work
every day.

Seems to me that the person you describe is probably is quite familiar
with flying in marginal conditions. There are others I'd worry a lot
more about.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because we fly, we envy no one.

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
The news wasn't good. The low crud wasn't predicted to
lift for at least 24 hours, and even then it wasn't going to be pretty.
Iowa City had sunk below even IFR minimums, but that was no matter --
the husband was VFR-only.

The waiting began.

If they needed to get there then what was stopping them from buying an
airline ticket?

Jim Logajan wrote:
The waiting began.

If they needed to get there then what was stopping them from buying an
airline ticket?



Obviously you've never been in their boat. If they buy tickets (unplanned
expense), then they still need to come back (another unplanned expense) to pick
up the plane.

I'm not saying this is smart. I'm just saying this is what they were probably
thinking. I have thought it myself back in my VFR-only days. Getting pinched
by the weather was what propelled (pardon the pun) me to earn the instrument
rating 9 months after getting my private license.

I have bought exactly one airline ticket in almost 3000 hours of flying. I will
play in a lot of crap, but me and icing don't get along.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

("Jim Logajan" wrote)
If they needed to get there then what was stopping them from buying an
airline ticket?


A local airline serving their needs.


Montblack

If they needed to get there then what was stopping them from buying an
airline ticket?

A local airline serving their needs.

Amen, brother.

Isn't it pathetic that our parents and grand-parents were able to avail
themselves of this kind of service, but we, with all of our vaunted
"technology", can't figure out how to do it?

Imagine -- at one time you could catch a flight out of Iowa City
to...anywhere. That all came to a halt in 1972, after 43 continuous
years of airline service.

Pathetic ain't the word....
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Isn't it pathetic that our parents and grand-parents were able to avail
themselves of this kind of service, but we, with all of our vaunted
"technology", can't figure out how to do it?

Well, that's your next business. Your own scheduled airline, taking people to and from your own hotel, on your own airport. Can't think of better!

Jose
--
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:22:32 +0000, Jose wrote:

Your own scheduled airline

Why not an air-taxi service? Isn't that why God created the VLJs?

- Andrew

Jay Honeck wrote:
If they needed to get there then what was stopping them from buying an
airline ticket?
A local airline serving their needs.

Amen, brother.

Isn't it pathetic that our parents and grand-parents were able to avail
themselves of this kind of service, but we, with all of our vaunted
"technology", can't figure out how to do it?

Imagine -- at one time you could catch a flight out of Iowa City
to...anywhere. That all came to a halt in 1972, after 43 continuous
years of airline service.

Pathetic ain't the word....

Time to get that part 121 operation going, buddy!

Alexis Park Airways.. come on, it's got a nice ring to it...

-jav

Time to get that part 121 operation going, buddy!

Alexis Park Airways.. come on, it's got a nice ring to it...

Oooooo....I like that!

Good grief, Jav, you're not gonna like the bandwidth it's gonna take to
do our on-line ticketing...

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

On 18 Sep 2006 12:05:52 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

If they needed to get there then what was stopping them from buying an
airline ticket?

A local airline serving their needs.

Amen, brother.

Isn't it pathetic that our parents and grand-parents were able to avail
themselves of this kind of service, but we, with all of our vaunted
"technology", can't figure out how to do it?

Imagine -- at one time you could catch a flight out of Iowa City
to...anywhere. That all came to a halt in 1972, after 43 continuous
years of airline service.

Pathetic ain't the word....



Looking at Google Earth, the Cedar Rapids airport doesn't seem to be TOO
far away. Also they now have Iowa City in high resolution so we can
actually see your hotel!



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