If the FBOs don't buy into the idea,
if a pilot can't get a unique t-shirt at
*every* FBO, this house of cards
comes tumbling down.

Not true at all. No pilot will be flying to every FBO, let alone
collecting ten thousand shirts. If the quality is not good enough, they
will rot on the rack too.

In the summertime I wear polo shirts mostly, but I try to wear a
buttondown for flying just because of the pocket. If FBOs made nice
polo shirts with pockets, a neat unique logo, and good enough quality at
a nice price, I'd buy them, and I think that enough other pilots would
that it would work out. Especially considering student pilots, who
could =earn= a free shirt when they get their license from scratch with
their flight school. By that time the flight school has made enough
money on the student to make this a nice touch, which will promote the
flight school as the newly minted student wears his shirt with pride.

A polo shirt can be worn at nicer functions than a t-shirt. But no
pocket, no interest.

Our flying club has made polo shirts with the flying 20 logo on it. The
shirt is $27 retail (I don't know what our cost is). Alas, no pocket,
but you know what I think about that.

http://www.flying20club.org/mercantile.html

Jose
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