Combo Deals -- Do they work?

Just read an article in the current issue of Private Pilot about a "annual
inspection parties." Take a look at it.

Cool idea!

I wonder how many people would actually be able to take a week off work to
get their hands dirty, though?

I do an "owner assisted" annual every year (and really enjoy it) -- but I'm
only able to steal a day or two -- and not the entire day, usually -- to do
it. And I've got about as flexible a schedule as you can imagine.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

You'd probably have a better chance to get this off the ground with owners
that are a bit let's say..."fanatical" about their aircraft type. That
article had Navion owners but others may include owners of Grumman
Tiger/Cheetah/Travelers, warbird-types (L-19s come to mind), Commanders,
Ercoupes, and Bellanca Vikings. In other words, close communities of
relatively uncommon or rare types. Call some of the clubs or associations of
these birds and run the idea by them. Who knows, they may even have one of
these "parties" as a regular occurrence and are looking for a change of
venue.

Actually, you should call these clubs anyway and work out any type of
get-together. You know, offer a reduced rate and stuff as an incentive.

Marco Leon

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Just read an article in the current issue of Private Pilot about a
"annual
inspection parties." Take a look at it.

Cool idea!

I wonder how many people would actually be able to take a week off work to
get their hands dirty, though?

I do an "owner assisted" annual every year (and really enjoy it) -- but
I'm
only able to steal a day or two -- and not the entire day, usually -- to
do
it. And I've got about as flexible a schedule as you can imagine.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"






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As a matter of fact Jay you might want to personally write each and
every type society and offer to host their next national convention.
The Navioneers spend a week every July somewhere in the US. You have to
assure a good place to race, easy access to the airport (done!), decent
places to eat (not a problem) a fly-away destination (Ammana Colonies)
and places for the spouses to go if they want. Easy access to rent a
cars or the lack of need for rent a cars a plus. What you really need
is a dinner on field and/or clean out that big room for catered affairs!
When you send out your info make sure you describe number and types of
rooms. Some folks may have to share with their friends to get everyone in.

Margy


Marco Leon wrote:
You'd probably have a better chance to get this off the ground with owners
that are a bit let's say..."fanatical" about their aircraft type. That
article had Navion owners but others may include owners of Grumman
Tiger/Cheetah/Travelers, warbird-types (L-19s come to mind), Commanders,
Ercoupes, and Bellanca Vikings. In other words, close communities of
relatively uncommon or rare types. Call some of the clubs or associations of
these birds and run the idea by them. Who knows, they may even have one of
these "parties" as a regular occurrence and are looking for a change of
venue.

Actually, you should call these clubs anyway and work out any type of
get-together. You know, offer a reduced rate and stuff as an incentive.

Marco Leon

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Just read an article in the current issue of Private Pilot about a

"annual

inspection parties." Take a look at it.

Cool idea!

I wonder how many people would actually be able to take a week off work to
get their hands dirty, though?

I do an "owner assisted" annual every year (and really enjoy it) -- but

I'm

only able to steal a day or two -- and not the entire day, usually -- to

do

it. And I've got about as flexible a schedule as you can imagine.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"







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As a matter of fact Jay you might want to personally write each and every
type society and offer to host their next national convention.

Thanks for the suggestions, Margy. We have bombed out with the bigger
groups (Cherokee Pilots Association, for example) simply because we're too
small, at just 27 rentable suites. True, there are 44 bedrooms in those
suites, but we're usually about 50% full even on bad days, so in reality
there's only about 12 - 15 suites available, total.

The Navioneers spend a week every July somewhere in the US. You have to
assure a good place to race, easy access to the airport (done!), decent
places to eat (not a problem) a fly-away destination (Ammana Colonies) and
places for the spouses to go if they want. Easy access to rent a cars or
the lack of need for rent a cars a plus. What you really need is a dinner
on field and/or clean out that big room for catered affairs!

Actually that big room that was full of junk has been our Iowa City Room for
around two years now. We can seat around 40 in rows, or 16 - 20 around
tables. The Iowa chapter of the 99s use it for their annual meeting now.

When you send out your info make sure you describe number and types of
rooms. Some folks may have to share with their friends to get everyone
in.

Thanks again for taking the time to suggest things!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Mary and I are more into the "lounge in a hot tub while your young, nubile
companion feeds you grapes"-style of lodging...

So is the young, nubile companion a part of the package?
Come on Jay - do we have to think of everything?

I would lose the annual idea - unless you're planning on free
accommodation for everyone who is grounded - could look bad.

My suggestion is to have several packages - but do keep some of them
aviation. For example - stay in the hotel and obtain a flight rating -
or a flight review. Also throw in a sightseeing flight - you were going
anyway right? Any aviation museums nearby? Could you get an
interesting aviation speaker to come to the hotel? Or an aviation
author? Or a manufacturer's rep (Garmin GPS seminar for example)

HTH

Tony
--
If at first you don't succeed - DON'T Skydive!


Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

Jay,

I am thinking your hotel is just the ticket for a "fly-in aviation
training experience". :-)

I've been looking for yet another opportunity to take the
"Colorado Pilots Association"
"MOUNTAIN FLYING - HIGH ELEVATION AIRPORT OPERATIONS GROUND SCHOOL"
"on the road". :-)
We've been to Oshkosh and Sun-N-Fun, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming,
Oklahoma and other states.

CPA figures they need 30 or more paid participants for 2 or more days,
at $145 each, to break even. (May be a bit more because of travel).
It is an 8 hour ground school, and moves right along!

Would you be willing to supply a meeting room, and a hotel room for
each of two instructors? (Your loss leader), to pickup the fly-in
overnight participants. I figure the instructors would come in the
day before to do setup, and leave the morning after the last seminar.

Say... a Friday, Saturday and Sunday (possibly Monday) in January or
February, at your hotel, in Iowa. Then, they come to Colorado on
their schedule to fly with me (or other local CPA instructors)... I
have C182, C172 and an Arrow available to rent, or they could use
their own aircraft.

We would have to advertise in Iowa and surrounding states, and on the
Colorado Pilots web site, to get 3 (or more) days of participants.

The 2005 schedule and locations looked like this:

http://www.coloradopilots.org/conten...p?menuID=16~16

In addition, we conducted another MF-HEAOGS at Greeley, and used some
of the material for two Civil Air Patrol mountain flying and
search-and-rescue courses, this year.

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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