NY Times Story on Pilot Population Decline

Larry Dighera writes:

If you fail to see the GOP's madness, you are blind.

If you can't get past partisan politics to see the individuals who cause the
problem, you're part of the problem yourself.

The tendency for people to polarize into club mentality of partisan politics,
as opposed to considering each candidate or elected official as an individual
and each issue as independent of party lines, is a serious problem that tends
to afflict all democracies eventually, and it is part of what leads to their
demise.

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writes:

What an ass.

The cable bill is $100 per month. The Cessna bill is $150 per hour. The
choice is easy.

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Larry Dighera writes:

That is as it should be, in my humble opinion. Folks who consider
aviation a hobby belong on the ground.

You may find that aviation will no longer be possible at all in the future
with an attitude like that.

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writes:

A number for a price is either true or false; it can't be "biased".

Advertisements and journalism involve more than just prices.

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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:10:39 -0500, "Maxwell"
wrote in :

If people want to fly, they can fly.

One of the best ways for someone interested in aviation to test the
waters is to join a soaring club[1] and earn a glider certificate. The
Civil Air Patrol uses gliders to entice their recruits, and glider
instruction is the perfect entry to airmanship.

Soaring club dues are cheap, and instruction is often provided gratis
by club member CFIs. There is no fuel cost, and the cost of launching
can be reasonable through the use of auto-tow or winch launch. And
soaring club members are usually expected to crew for their fellows
which results in reduced expenses and healthy camaraderie.

So there is a reasonably priced means of entry into the ranks of
airmanship, and it tends weed out the dilettantes.



[1] http://www.ssa.org/sport/wheretofly.asp

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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writes:

What an ass.

The cable bill is $100 per month. The Cessna bill is $150 per hour. The
choice is easy.


Only of you are a twelve year old.

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:10:39 -0500, "Maxwell"
wrote in :

If people want to fly, they can fly.

One of the best ways for someone interested in aviation to test the
waters is to join a soaring club[1] and earn a glider certificate. The
Civil Air Patrol uses gliders to entice their recruits, and glider
instruction is the perfect entry to airmanship.

Soaring club dues are cheap, and instruction is often provided gratis
by club member CFIs. There is no fuel cost, and the cost of launching
can be reasonable through the use of auto-tow or winch launch. And
soaring club members are usually expected to crew for their fellows
which results in reduced expenses and healthy camaraderie.

So there is a reasonably priced means of entry into the ranks of
airmanship, and it tends weed out the dilettantes.



[1] http://www.ssa.org/sport/wheretofly.asp

Yes indeed, there are lots of options. A good used hang glider can be bought
for less than most people have wrapped up in their PCs, software and alike.
You can split costs with any other pilot with an economy pick up, and spend
all weekend camping in the mountians and flying with the hawks for free. Did
it for years myself.

Heck, for less than my monthly cable bill, someone even without a medical
could take an hour of dual in a Skyhawk once a month.

It's all about choices.

Mxsmanic wrote:

The cable bill is $100 per month. The Cessna bill is $150 per hour. The
choice is easy.

Darn! you are doing it again: I agree with you. Yep, easy choice. Gave
up TV completely three years ago, not missing it one bit.

--Sylvain

Larry Dighera wrote:


One of the best ways for someone interested in aviation to test the
waters is to join a soaring club[1] and earn a glider certificate.

on top of that, in France -- where our common friend is currently
residing -- gliding clubs are subsidized quite a bit (either
directly or indirectly via subsidies to buy gliders, free loans of
tow planes, grants for the young ones, etc.)

--Sylvain

Larry Dighera wrote:

Consider $3-billion a week in Iraq for five years, or much longer
depending..., and the money-sink of a blundering Department of
Homeland Security. It is those useless expenditures that are
consuming the wealth of our nation.


Larry please... please research and discover that the US spends
THREE times as much on entitlements (welfare and other handouts)
as it does the military.