An aviation dating (or flying buddy finding) service idea

Hi all,

OK, this is going to sound really stupid at first, but bear me with me
for a second. Just came back from the Great Lakes Aviation Conference
(which was great BTW, as usual), and was pleased to see a lot of young
faces in the audience, a fair number of them women. So that got me
thinking: I for one (I'm 26) have had trouble finding members of the
opposite sex who share my interests, one of the big ones being flying.
So I thought to myself, with friend-finding and dating all going
digital, wouldn't it be neat if we had a website where aviation
enthusiasts could post ads, their locations and their preferences for
dating or just plain flying buddy finding purposes? How does that
sound? Does it sound *really* stupid or just sorta kinda out there?
Comments welcome. I work in the IT field so it wouldn't be too much
trouble for me to come up with a prototype, not to say that outside
help isn't welcome.

If I'm late to the party and something like this exists already,
please advise. :-)

- Slav Inger
- PP ASEL IA @ YIP

Go for it! I hope you meet someone nice (and she is a pilot, too)!
That way you will have a continual "discussion" about who is PIC!

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Jer/

In rec.aviation.student Slav Inger wrote:
Hi all,

OK, this is going to sound really stupid at first, but bear me with me
for a second. Just came back from the Great Lakes Aviation Conference
(which was great BTW, as usual), and was pleased to see a lot of young
faces in the audience, a fair number of them women. So that got me
thinking: I for one (I'm 26) have had trouble finding members of the
opposite sex who share my interests, one of the big ones being flying.
So I thought to myself, with friend-finding and dating all going
digital, wouldn't it be neat if we had a website where aviation
enthusiasts could post ads, their locations and their preferences for
dating or just plain flying buddy finding purposes? How does that
sound? Does it sound *really* stupid or just sorta kinda out there?
Comments welcome. I work in the IT field so it wouldn't be too much
trouble for me to come up with a prototype, not to say that outside
help isn't welcome.

If I'm late to the party and something like this exists already,
please advise. :-)

- Slav Inger
- PP ASEL IA @ YIP


Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

--
Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO
CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jer'at'frii.com WEB http://www.frii.net/~jer
C-206 N9513G, CFII Airplane&Glider, FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor
CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot, BM218 HAM N0FZD, 197 Young Eagles!

I could just see some of the ad copy now...

"Seeking partner for 1 NM vertical flying club"

"Baggage compartment must be empty"

"No long range tanks"

"Those with short pitot tubes need not apply"


And of course all will end with...
"Please send picture of airplane".

I read a "statistic" years ago, that stated that most accidents in
which a woman was a passenger and the pilot a man, the two were not
married.

"Looking for a low maintenance, high performance light twin wink wink
with low TT and a history with no major damage who can really get moving
in the upper Flight Levels and occasionally slow down, kick back while
in the pattern. Should not be afraid of W whiskey either. Please
respond to Lancair 400 N-IWANTU at transient tie down Piambo 541 or
call me at Ground-point-6."


Ok, I think it is time for a some beer.

Gerald

Met my wife, also a pilot, on a dating website with the line 'Come fly with me'.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Flying Machine - http://pad39a.com/gene/






(Slav Inger) wrote in message m...
Hi all,

OK, this is going to sound really stupid at first, but bear me with me
for a second. Just came back from the Great Lakes Aviation Conference
(which was great BTW, as usual), and was pleased to see a lot of young
faces in the audience, a fair number of them women. So that got me
thinking: I for one (I'm 26) have had trouble finding members of the
opposite sex who share my interests, one of the big ones being flying.
So I thought to myself, with friend-finding and dating all going
digital, wouldn't it be neat if we had a website where aviation
enthusiasts could post ads, their locations and their preferences for
dating or just plain flying buddy finding purposes? How does that
sound? Does it sound *really* stupid or just sorta kinda out there?
Comments welcome. I work in the IT field so it wouldn't be too much
trouble for me to come up with a prototype, not to say that outside
help isn't welcome.

If I'm late to the party and something like this exists already,
please advise. :-)

- Slav Inger
- PP ASEL IA @ YIP

In rec.aviation.student John Harlow wrote:
I could just see some of the ad copy now...

"Seeking partner for 1 NM vertical flying club"

Check out the rules at:

http://www.milehighclub.com/


Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

--
Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO
CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jer'at'frii.com WEB http://www.frii.net/~jer
C-206 N9513G, CFII Airplane&Glider, FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor
CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot, BM218 HAM N0FZD, 197 Young Eagles!

1. Go to Oshkosh.

2. Give a forum.

3. Get into an argument after the forum with her about one of the technical
issues you presented.

4. Offer to continue the argument over dinner.

5. ...

Jim



(Slav Inger)
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

I for one (I'm 26) have had trouble finding members of the
-opposite sex who share my interests, one of the big ones being flying.



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

My story:
1. Go to college Valentine's day dance.
2. Brag about how you built an FM tuner.
3. Find out she already has a ham radio license.
4. Brag about how you soloed in a 7ac Champ in 11 hours in high school.
5. Find out she already soloed a 7ac Champ in 7 hours in high school.

Oh, I almost forgot. This was the second meeting. The first was when
she was climbing out of a PT22 and you saw her at an airport on a family
trip.

It happens. She's in the other room. 43 years later.




In article ,
wrote:
1. Go to Oshkosh.

2. Give a forum.

3. Get into an argument after the forum with her about one of the technical
issues you presented.

4. Offer to continue the argument over dinner.

5. ...

Jim



(Slav Inger)
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

I for one (I'm 26) have had trouble finding members of the
-opposite sex who share my interests, one of the big ones being flying.



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

So I thought to myself, with friend-finding and dating all going
digital, wouldn't it be neat if we had a website where aviation
enthusiasts could post ads, their locations and their preferences for
dating or just plain flying buddy finding purposes? How does that
sound?

It doesn't sound stupid, but the demographics kind of suck for this sort of
thing. People involved in GA are, on average, older than the population as
a whole. Older people are more likely to be married already. So given that
GA is already such a small part of the population, and that only a small
part of the GA community are available, and that only a small part of the
available GA people are likely to find this kind of website, it begins to
look questionable. You need a fair amount of traffic to support any kind of
community on the net... say at least 60 people who check in and post
something every day. And in a dating site, you are bound to have people who
drop out once they meet "the one", so you would constantly need fresh faces
coming in the door as old ones walk out.

I'm married myself, so I've never looked at any of the sites that are out
there. I've only even heared of two or three. But what I'm wondering is
whether the existing supply of dataing sites, and perhaps especially
"Friendster", could be used for the same puposes. I'm thinking that if you
just put the words "general aviation" and "flying" in your profile, that
would be enough to attract anyone of the opposite sex who was looking for
these kinds of things as well.

Good luck!