At least they made it to the correct airport, which several US pilots didn't accomplish recently.

(Written on 2014/01/18)(Permalink)

Please look at the flip side of the coin too. Your position also means that you think I should be prohibited from taking a ride in a historical plane even when I'm willing to share the cost of operating the plane.

(Written on 2013/10/27)(Permalink)

You miss the point. Yes, those that are in the museums would still be there but the ones that are flying today wouldn't exist. If museums want them all they have to do in buy them and take them off flight status. If people want them in museums then those people should spend their money and buy them and donate them to a museum. The good people who restored FIFI would not have spent the time and money to restore FIFI if they couldn't fly her, and therefore FIFI would not exist today.

(Written on 2013/10/27)(Permalink)

If we couldn't fly them we would never spend the money it takes to restore and maintain them. Then they simply wouldn't even exist.

(Written on 2013/10/25)(Permalink)

For a qualified pilot they are actually pretty easy to fly.

(Written on 2013/10/25)(Permalink)

Simple, if we couldn't fly them we would never spend the money it takes to restore and maintain them. Then they simply wouldn't even exist.

(Written on 2013/10/25)(Permalink)

And I agree with what may appear to be "profit motivated", but it is really "revenue motivated". They simply cannot do what we need then to do on membership fees alone. They need other sources of revenue or our membership fees would be completely unaffordable. And over the past few years some of there member services have totally sucked. And I told that to Craig Fuller in person.

(Written on 2013/10/04)(Permalink)

I'm convinced that if it were not for AOPA (and a couple of other alphabet organizations) most of us wouldn't be flying today.

(Written on 2013/10/04)(Permalink)

"rushed out"? How many years late was it?

(Written on 2013/08/16)(Permalink)

The way I read it, it sure did.

(Written on 2013/05/17)(Permalink)