Aviation Business Idea

Here's an idea Jay. print the T's and include them with the room
rentals. If printed in quantities, the price would be negligible.

I agree that I typically woudnt buy any shirts that have a large imprint on
it. The shirts I look for at sun and fun are the ones that only have a small
logo on the front or worst case a larger print on the back but with nothing
on the front.


"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:56:02 -0800, "tom pettit" tompetatpeakdotorg
wrote:

I would! The last time I flew to Burns, Oregon, a local helicopter
company
guy had on a neat tee shirt. I asked if I could buy one, and they said,
"no, they are just for employees".

I still want one.

this is a shirt with quaility and good design. Most advertizing Ts I've
seen are of poor quality, cheap design (I don't want the full fron or back
with their advertisment. It should be small. Understatement rule, IMHO),
awful colors and way overprized.

tom

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On 11 Dec 2005 07:45:57 -0800, Flyingmonk wrote:

Here's an idea Jay. print the T's and include them with the room
rentals. If printed in quantities, the price would be negligible.

Not only that, but it sure would be "free advertisement" if people wore
them outside the hotel :-)

Allen

On 11 Dec 2005 07:43:34 -0800, Flyingmonk wrote:

We went to Thailand on an unlated trip and had
1,000.00 Polo shirts made up with our logo on the breast. The shirts
cost us all of $3.27/ a piece.

It took me some research, but I almost had your quoted price on a 100 Ts
production. Produced in Europe, so I had no hassle with customs or import
taxes. You sure can find the same or better deals in the US.

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On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:18:39 GMT, Jay Honeck wrote:

"I had great sex
in the hot-tub
in the Blackbird-Suite
at the Alexis Park Inn

Martin. I'm shocked -- SHOCKED -- that you think there is some sort of
illicit sex happening in our hot tub suites...

why illicit? nobody said that.

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Knowing how much fuel costs and landing fees have risen, this might be a
good tool for competing FBOs at a given field. For an FBO that is the
sole operator at a smaller field, if they didn't try to make their
monthly lease payments from the shirt and kept it very reasonably priced
it could become a sort of traveling billboard for them.

There seems to be a lot of upside potential with very little downside.
Keep them cheap enough and it could become a real neat gimmick.

Regards,

James A. (Jim) Carter


-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Honeck ]
Posted At: Saturday, December 10, 2005 1:26 PM
Posted To: rec.aviation.piloting
Conversation: Aviation Business Idea
Subject: Aviation Business Idea

Mary had this brainstorm the other day; I present it here for your
opinion...

Every Harley dealer in America seems to have their own custom-designed
T-shirt. Usually it's got the Harley-Davidson logo, combined with the
local
dealer's name, and some recognizable symbol. Our local Harley shop has
the
old State Capitol on his (the most historic and recognizable symbol of
Iowa
City), for example.

Many (most?) Harley owners seem to collect these shirts. Wherever they
visit, (and we've had Harley rider guests who have done this), they make
a
bee-line to the local dealer, to buy their shirt. It's kind of a neat
tradition.

Why not do something similar at airports? If each FBO had a snazzy
T-shirt
that was specific and unique to *their* FBO, and their location, would
you
not buy it? I know I would.

Mary has often remarked about how cold and stand-off-ish so many FBOs
are
(with some major exceptions, of course), and how it would be great to be

able to purchase souvenirs from local airports along our many
cross-country
flights. This T-shirt idea would be slick, because (a) it would fill a
perceived need, (b) it wouldn't represent much of an investment from
always
cash-strapped FBOs, and (c) there are tens of thousands of airports, all

over the country.

Anyone out there own a T-shirt shop? Could not, say, the Wizard of
Draws
be employed creating unique designs for each airport?

Does this dog hunt?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Polos, not T-shirts. Good wuality Polos. T-shirts are a dime a dozen.

Are you thinking of T-shirts in-lieu of good quality Polos, Martin?

On 11 Dec 2005 09:24:42 -0800, Flyingmonk wrote:

Are you thinking of T-shirts in-lieu of good quality Polos, Martin?

you can have whatever you want. the company I found here (in Europe) will
produce the Ts or polos according to _your_ design with your colors (if you
feel you have to produce a size XXS or something with matching colors to
your aircraft painting. *g*).

when buying Ts be sure to have at least 170g up to 200 or 220g (heavy T).
Depending on the location you also might sell sweaters.

Jay's idea is easy to accomplish, but I've seen some FBOs during my
holidays: most of them lack marketing.


seen on a cap (a older man had it on):
"this is MY cap, everything else is hers."

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.................................................. .. War Is Peace
.............................................. Freedom Is Slavery
........................................... Ignorance Is Strength
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Jay Honeck wrote:

And a collar. I can't stand shoulder belts cutting into my neck.

Agreed. This has always been a problem for me, too.


This is great. The Harley guys are out there, on the road, bugs splatting
on their foreheads, wearing their dealer's T-shirt.

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.

:-)

Or have attained an IQ above room temperature! :-)


Matt