What's your next...?

"Marco Leon" wrote in message

My only hope is to start an IT consulting firm with partners that won't
laugh when I suggest that we need a company airplane to visit clients...

...preferably a six-seater...

I'm in. Where do I sign up?

Seriously, I got checked out in a Cherokee-Six five years ago because my
kids were too big to stuff into my Cherokee 140.

I rented it once. My 140 has done everything since.

("Capt.Doug" wrote)
Never fails to get a controller to pause on their reply when they hear Led
Zeppelin in the background.


ATC (to supervisor): We're picking up screams in the cockpit.
Supervisor (listening): Continue monitoring that frequency
Capt. Doug's Airbus: (YouTube link)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kdfa_iCis
This is a riot!


Montblack

"Steve Foley"

I'm in. Where do I sign up?
Truth be told, I'm not totally kidding. I have no concrete data but I
imagine the vast majority of aircraft owners with $300K+ airplanes are NOT
working for someone else.

Seriously, I got checked out in a Cherokee-Six five years ago because my
kids were too big to stuff into my Cherokee 140.

I rented it once. My 140 has done everything since.

Do you think you would have gone on [even a few] more trips with the family
if you *did* have a Six/Saratoga? I know it's not as easy an answer as it
might seem.

Marco

"Marco Leon" wrote in message
...
I have no concrete data but I imagine the vast majority of aircraft owners
with $300K+ airplanes are NOT working for someone else.


I agree.

I've been trying to come up with a flying/consulting idea, but still haven't
worked it out.


Do you think you would have gone on [even a few] more trips with the
family if you *did* have a Six/Saratoga? I know it's not as easy an answer
as it might seem.

Probably not. Mostly because I'm not instrument rated, so my overnight trips
are few and far between. Actually, I've only made three. First one I got
stuck by fog on Cape Cod. #2 was Oshkosh 2001. #2 was the day after I
returned from Oshkosh. My wife and kids had flown commercially to Chicago
and driven from there. I left on Friday morning, but their return fliught
wasn't until Sunday. I spent Saturday night in New Hampshire visiting my
sister and her family.

99% of my flying is done solo.

"Steve Foley"

I've been trying to come up with a flying/consulting idea, but still
haven't worked it out.

I've pretty much given up on getting involved in an aviation-related
business. I see many similarities among the aviation, music/entertainment,
and sports industries. The ratio of successes to failures in these [what I
call] "passion-based" industries are too dismal and therefore too risky for
my phase of life. I'm more than willing to listen to opportunities but I
don't put any hope in it.

The main requirement in justifying a non-bizjet GA plane in the company is
to have a multi-client base spread over a radius of less than 500-miles.

Marco

Being CEO helps a lot, too.

On Mar 8, 4:48 pm, "Marco Leon" wrote:
"Steve Foley"



I've been trying to come up with a flying/consulting idea, but still
haven't worked it out.

I've pretty much given up on getting involved in an aviation-related
business. I see many similarities among the aviation, music/entertainment,
and sports industries. The ratio of successes to failures in these [what I
call] "passion-based" industries are too dismal and therefore too risky for
my phase of life. I'm more than willing to listen to opportunities but I
don't put any hope in it.

The main requirement in justifying a non-bizjet GA plane in the company is
to have a multi-client base spread over a radius of less than 500-miles.

Marco

Jim Burns wrote:
...flying destination?
...reason for flying?
...rating you'll work on?
...flying related goal?

I've been promised that spring is coming. Many of us that have flown very
little or maybe not at all during the last several months will soon be
shaking the cobwebs from our heads and blowing the dust off our wings.

Tell us where you'll be going and what you'll be doing!

My wife has been making preliminary plans to take a short tour with the
first stop at Hershey, PA, then maybe Niagara Falls and onto Cedar Point at
Sandusky, OH, then onward to the in-laws near Grand Rapids, MI. When?
We're not quite sure, but I'm sure it will be after all our snow is gone.

What about you?

Jim



next flying destination: La Grande, OR (where I work, sometimes)
reason for flying: Work
next rating: ATP AMEL/S (trying for both at the same time)
flying related goal: to retire from airborne fire fighting with ATP
everything.

Michelle P

"Montblack" wrote in message Capt. Doug's Airbus: (YouTube link)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kdfa_iCis
This is a riot!

Heh, heh- how do you replace a keyboard in a laptop? :-)

D.

Jim Burns wrote:

...flying destination?
...reason for flying?
...rating you'll work on?
...flying related goal?


*snip*

What about you?

Jim

1) Get signed off on the Super Decathlon to fly solo

2) continue with acro instruction/practice to prep for this Summer's
Sportsman's level competition

3) Start IFR

Went up in the Decathlon yesterday after a long hiatus. Was snakebit until
yeasterday due to weather, aircraft availability holidays etc.

Not nearly as rusty as I thought I'd be. got back into the groove with the
maneuvers and made 2 great 3 pts and one great wheelie.

Gregg