Aviation Business Idea

I agree. Polo shirts suck. Only yupee asswipes wear them. Give me a tee.
tom

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I've had the same "want" for a long time. It would be particularly
nice if they had both a t-shirt and polo available.

hats? you had hats? How did I miss them?

Dunno. They're stacked up on the O-540 crankshaft in the lobby...

:-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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"Jay Honeck" wrote:

hats? you had hats? How did I miss them?

Dunno. They're stacked up on the O-540 crankshaft in the lobby...

remind me to grab one in January. (er, make that remind me to buy one).

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Bob Noel
New NHL? what a joke

Bob Noel wrote:
In article mJ1nf.397630$084.292258@attbi_s22,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:


hats? you had hats? How did I miss them?

Dunno. They're stacked up on the O-540 crankshaft in the lobby...


remind me to grab one in January. (er, make that remind me to buy one).


I thought that was the award for the illicit hot tub activity. :-)

Matt

"Jay Honeck" wrote

We, on the other hand, want an FBO polo shirt so that the shoulder harness
doesn't chafe. With big pockets.

Gentlemen, we have become wimps.

Your point is? g
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Jim in NC

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I've had the same "want" for a long time. It would be particularly
nice if they had both a t-shirt and polo available.

Really, if they are silk screened, the screen investment is the biggest
cost, so the only difference between t's and polo's should be the price of
the base shirt.

See, we can all live together, here!
--
Jim in NC

Really, if they are silk screened, the screen investment is the biggest
cost, so the only difference between t's and polo's should be the price of
the base shirt.

A good polo will be sewn. If it's not good quality, I won't buy it.
And the FBO wouldn't want it to represent them.

Jose
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A good polo will be sewn. If it's not good quality, I won't buy it. And
the FBO wouldn't want it to represent them.

Although I agree with you, the object of this game is to keep the investment
affordable for even the smallest FBO. 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.

I think the key is to make the t-shirts unique to the area, and to the FBO,
so that pilots want them as souvenirs. Good quality is a must, but they
just can't be too pricey, or they will rot on the rack. An embroidered polo
shirt is quite a bit more pricey than a screen-printed t-shirt.

So, anyone got any idea how best to get in touch with 10,000 FBOs?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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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You can have your own online T-shirt shop in about 3 minutes.

http://www.cafepress.com

I just designed and ordered two "prototype" T-shirts for the hotel. We'll
see what they look like!

Good luck, let us know how they turn out.

I hope you included a dotted line on the back above having the words "cut
upon first solo flight" ;^)

Regardless, I hope you don't lose your shirt on the endeavor.

(Ok, I'll stop now)