Jay Honeck wrote:
this is just one of those great ideas whose time has come.


I agree. I think a key to the survival of airports in communities like mine
is the expansion of their usefulness into venues like this one.

If this one show brings, say, 10,000 people to our airport, and inspires a
few of them to look into GA, we all win. Better yet, if those 10,000
people tell four of their friends what a great time they had at the airport,
we will possibly convert hundreds (thousands?) of people who were (at best)
ambivalent toward the airport into an aviation enthusiast.

At first I was taken aback by the idea as playing on the "rich pilot"
stereotype that aggravates me so much. However, the more I think about it,
the better I like it.

Young Eagles is another great way to get people to have a positive
opinion of the airport. While few of the kids who go for a flight will
actually become pilots, they will become voters, city council persons, etc.

- J.O.-