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Old July 7th 08, 11:34 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning
More_Flaps
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Default Join us for our 6th Annual Fly-In Pool Party!

On Jul 7, 1:46*pm, Matt Whiting wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:
Maybe sometime in the future when I grow wings again, you might still
be doing the BBQ/Pool party, because I know I am missing something fun
and special with a great group of people.


Thanks, Dave. *It's truly disheartening to hear that you've dropped out
of flying altogether -- but I know you're not alone. * (Don't worry --
the Fly-In Pool Party will continue as long as we own the hotel!)


I can see why you've dropped out, though. My son and I just got back
from a three-day custom car show in Des Moines. *There were thousands of
people in attendance, and you could literally walk for days and never
see the same car twice.


More importantly (and to the point) for about 10% of what I've spent on
aviation over the years, we could own many of the coolest, most
tricked-out collectible cars at that show. *I will never become as
excited about cars as I am about airplanes, but it's easy to see why
"normal" people might choose to go that route.


A friend who learned to fly at the same time as me did the same thing a
decade or so ago. *After many years of C-172 ownership he sold it and
bought an older Vette convertible. *His wife likes the Vette better than
the airplane and spends far less money and can spend much more time with
the Vette.

I was up flying for 2.5 hours today to get in some approaches to keep my
instrument rating current and hardly heard another sole flying. *


A fishy story.

Cheers
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Old July 8th 08, 12:05 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning
Matt Whiting
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Default Join us for our 6th Annual Fly-In Pool Party!

More_Flaps wrote:
On Jul 7, 1:46 pm, Matt Whiting wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:
Maybe sometime in the future when I grow wings again, you might still
be doing the BBQ/Pool party, because I know I am missing something fun
and special with a great group of people.
Thanks, Dave. It's truly disheartening to hear that you've dropped out
of flying altogether -- but I know you're not alone. (Don't worry --
the Fly-In Pool Party will continue as long as we own the hotel!)
I can see why you've dropped out, though. My son and I just got back
from a three-day custom car show in Des Moines. There were thousands of
people in attendance, and you could literally walk for days and never
see the same car twice.
More importantly (and to the point) for about 10% of what I've spent on
aviation over the years, we could own many of the coolest, most
tricked-out collectible cars at that show. I will never become as
excited about cars as I am about airplanes, but it's easy to see why
"normal" people might choose to go that route.

A friend who learned to fly at the same time as me did the same thing a
decade or so ago. After many years of C-172 ownership he sold it and
bought an older Vette convertible. His wife likes the Vette better than
the airplane and spends far less money and can spend much more time with
the Vette.

I was up flying for 2.5 hours today to get in some approaches to keep my
instrument rating current and hardly heard another sole flying.


A fishy story.

Cheers


Yes, I realized the misspelling about as soon as I hit send, but I
figured I'd see who jumped in first and whether they went for the fish
comment or the shoe comment. :-)

Matt
 




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