Comments on: What Have You Done To Promote General Aviation?

By: Jared Chursinoff

Jared Chursinoff — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:16:52 +0000

Well with are computer age and endless activities one can enroll in is literally unlimited. Even are Flight Simulators are getting more and more real. So avation industry is already got a “X” checked beside it. There will come a time GA as we know will no longer exist, just like smoking in public places is prhabited. Why did this happen?? There really isnt a simple asnwer. But the short answer is there is alot of ignorance within companies, engineers and pilots and were not going to bring in the Feds into this. Young generation is to busy, to bother with planes, and its getting harder harder to find good planes without spending 100k plus which most of us dont have. The two planes I own (Cessna 150 and Piper PA 22) I know I probably want have them in twenty years. So what will replace them with something around 30k mark?? I feel it be commercialized in the next fiftenn years and the remaining of small planes will end up as scrap or in farmers barn. Its happening already!!!

By: Jere'my Gengenbach

Jere'my Gengenbach — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:00:15 +0000

As a student at Louisiana Tech University, I have been trying to get involved in as many aviation related organizations as possible.

Flying is my passion and I share that passion with others every chance that I get. It is almost alway more fun to fly with others whether they are a pilot of some sort or just curious about flying.

It is not uncommon for people to ask me, “aren’t you worried about the industry,” and my answer is always “No.” I do not worry about the industry, instead I take every opportunity to enhance the future of the aviation industry. I am in the process of starting an organization with the purpose of Pilots Promoting Aviation. Our goal is to gain an interest from the public reguarding general aviation.

Our aviation promoting methods include distributing pamphlets, giving presentations in local schools, and providing discovery flights for friends.

It is encouraging to hear that others are out there with the same love of flying that I have, keep up the good work!

By: FAA test

FAA test — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:57:52 +0000

GA is dying day by day.Today, I am now an instructor at a small flight school in California.I have worked for several flight schools.Some flight schools are down as much as 40% over the last 2 years and a few have gone out of business. Others are managing to keep sales relatively constant. Some of this is a function of local market conditions.

By: George Schwarz

George Schwarz — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:50:04 +0000

My little weekly newspaper in Amarillo promotes GA every chance we get. We do stories, run photos of local GA events, etc. I write editorials bashing any politician who calls for user fees.

I am going for a Sport Pilot license at age 64 and a friend and I are convinced we need to chip in on an LSA-eligible Ercoupe. We love the airplane.

I have some hours in “conventional” aircraft, but want to finish in a ‘Coupe either in one at a flight school in Oklahoma or in one we end up sharing here.

As I read about these planes, a question comes to mind about the crosswind landings (and in Amarillo, you better know how to do that because the wind blows here): How do you crab in the models without rudder pedals?

Thanks, and I think I’ll bookmark this blog.

George

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:25:18 +0000

Sounds like you’re doing just fine to support GA!

I haven’t done all that much either yet, other than getting a friend back into flight training and taking some people up for rides. I suppose I can count the blog, too. And I of course talk about flying with plenty of folks at work and in general.

Nonetheless, every little bit helps. Keep it up!