Give Me A GOOD Reason

Can anyone give me a good logical reason to spend so much money to fly
airplanes or helicopters for private use?

Logical? No. It's like spending money to visit Six Flags -- it's
entertainment.

Well, it's more than that. For me it's more like a need that had to be
fulfilled.

Although I must admit that my obsession with aviation has gone to greater
extremes than most!

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

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wrote:

Can anyone give me a good logical reason to spend so much money to fly
airplanes or helicopters for private use? After more than 50 years I'll
be damned if I can come up with one. But I still do and probably will.
WHY?????
Ol S&B

In Alaska and much of Canada it's how you get around because there are
few roads. In the lower 48 it's the most spectacular way to get from
point A to point B there is.

Things that cause the brain excersize are good and flying causes a lot
of brain activity.

Flying is good for your health.

Corky Scott

Larry Dighera wrote:
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Imagine driving back and forth through the Mojave Desert between
Laughlin/Vegas and Los Angeles/Orange County; that heat and
congestion
would spoil the vacation entirely. And there's no moronic LEO hiding
behind a billboard. The freedom from ground-bound travel is more
than
worth the cost.

How timely. I just got back into Phoenix this morning (in time for
work) from Laughlin, NV. I had the afternoon off on Mon. On the spur
of the moment I decided to reserve a $19 hotel room, hop in the plane
and go. I had a great time, and spent 1.75 hrs in the air each way.
It wouldn't have been possible if I'd had to drive the 5 hrs. each way.

Airline travel, just say no!

I couldn't agree more. As I was coming across western AZ, there were
about a dozen airliners stacked up over Prescott, waiting to get into
PHX. Apparently there was some problem on the ground this morning.
Some had to divert after holding for 45 minutes. I just zipped by 'em
all in my Cherokee, glad I wasn't with them :-))
John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

http://www.skygod.com/quotes/quotes.html
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

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Can anyone give me a good logical reason to spend so much money to fly
airplanes or helicopters for private use? After more than 50 years I'll
be damned if I can come up with one. But I still do and probably will.
WHY?????
Ol S&B

Because everytime I fly, I get another chance to drink from the well of my
soul.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL - Romantic
Chandler, AZ

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How timely. I just got back into Phoenix this morning (in time for
work) from Laughlin, NV. I had the afternoon off on Mon. On the spur
of the moment I decided to reserve a $19 hotel room, hop in the plane
and go. I had a great time, and spent 1.75 hrs in the air each way.
It wouldn't have been possible if I'd had to drive the 5 hrs. each way.

Indeed! My son and I are coming down to Scottsdale (Scottsdale Airpark) for
the last two rounds of the Phoenix Open this weekend (Friday-Sunday).

Driving would be 560 miles and 10 hours and the airlines (commuters)
probably couldn't handle it in much less time. Flying is going to take 2hrs
15 each way.

Flying lets me run my business from a "remote backwater" and makes the "off
duty time" much more "productive".

--
Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

Corky Scott wrote:

Flying is good for your health.

and poor for your wealth.

George Patterson
He who marries for money earns every penny of it.

Jay Beckman wrote:

Can anyone give me a good logical reason to spend so much money to
fly airplanes or helicopters for private use?

Because everytime I fly, I get another chance to drink from the well
of my soul.

I like that answer. Another more practical reason I use is that for a
given time constraint (say, out and back in a day), even my slow Cessna
increases the number of available destinations over driving by nearly
an order of magnitude. Rule of thumb: Skyhawk is twice as fast as a
car, but gets you there more like three times faster due to its ability
to travel in a straight line. So the areal coverage is increased vs.
car travel by a factor of 3x3=9.

Jim Rosinski

On 25 Jan 2005 11:57:31 -0800, "
wrote in
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On the spur of the moment I decided to reserve a $19 hotel room, hop
in the plane and go.

Right. And if one finds a view of the Colorado River inspiring, s/he
can get a lovely room on one of the upper floors of Harrah's with
magnificent views at $25/night.

I probably would never have discovered the joys of Laughlin if it
lacked an airport.

http://www.skygod.com/quotes/quotes.html

What a terrific website!

Thanks for sharing it, Gene.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"