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If this doesn't verify it...
....I don't know what does. Despite sky-high new aircraft sales,
overall traffic is down -- way down. Yet another data point: The $100 Hamburger website keeps track of the number of new airport restaurants that have opened and the number closed. According to today's announcement, so far this year only 17 new airport restaurants have sprung up - all across the country -- while 143 have closed. This is scary. Although we've seen "blips" of activity this year, overall we're still seeing way, way less air traffic than in past years. The fact that so many on-field restaurants have locked their doors bodes ill for all of us. Get out there and fly, ladies and gents. Our infrastructure is dissolving beneath our wings... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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If this doesn't verify it...
Jay Honeck wrote:
...I don't know what does. Despite sky-high new aircraft sales, overall traffic is down -- way down. Yet another data point: The $100 Hamburger website keeps track of the number of new airport restaurants that have opened and the number closed. According to today's announcement, so far this year only 17 new airport restaurants have sprung up - all across the country -- while 143 have closed. This is scary. Although we've seen "blips" of activity this year, overall we're still seeing way, way less air traffic than in past years. The fact that so many on-field restaurants have locked their doors bodes ill for all of us. Get out there and fly, ladies and gents. Our infrastructure is dissolving beneath our wings... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Lawyers The FAA Gas Prices Insurance companies All are coming to together to destroy aviation So Sad I wish I could go back in a time machine to around 1925 Grab a Bi-Plane with an open canopy and no radio and just fly |
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If this doesn't verify it...
I wish I could go back in a time machine to around 1925
Grab a Bi-Plane with an open canopy and no radio and just fly- Hide quoted text - What's amazing is that you can still do precisely that -- even today. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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If this doesn't verify it...
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... ...I don't know what does. Despite sky-high new aircraft sales, overall traffic is down -- way down. Yet another data point: The $100 Hamburger website keeps track of the number of new airport restaurants that have opened and the number closed. According to today's announcement, so far this year only 17 new airport restaurants have sprung up - all across the country -- while 143 have closed. This is scary. Although we've seen "blips" of activity this year, overall we're still seeing way, way less air traffic than in past years. The fact that so many on-field restaurants have locked their doors bodes ill for all of us. Get out there and fly, ladies and gents. Our infrastructure is dissolving beneath our wings... Yes, that it is an interesting data point. It is another way of looking at the 2006 GAMA statistics which show the number of pilots decreasing each year, while the average age is increasing. Interestingly, the number of student pilots is remaining relatively constant. I wonder if that means a sizable percentage of students are foreign, or a sizable number of students drop out. Or both. http://www.gama.aero/resources/statistics/index.php |
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If this doesn't verify it...
Airport restaurants do not "survive" on fly in customers..
the need the locals for survival... so it is a restaurant that would have failed anyway.. granted.. in some areas.. the high cost of "airport footage rental space" does not help.. BT "BillyBob" wrote in message ... Jay Honeck wrote: ...I don't know what does. Despite sky-high new aircraft sales, overall traffic is down -- way down. Yet another data point: The $100 Hamburger website keeps track of the number of new airport restaurants that have opened and the number closed. According to today's announcement, so far this year only 17 new airport restaurants have sprung up - all across the country -- while 143 have closed. This is scary. Although we've seen "blips" of activity this year, overall we're still seeing way, way less air traffic than in past years. The fact that so many on-field restaurants have locked their doors bodes ill for all of us. Get out there and fly, ladies and gents. Our infrastructure is dissolving beneath our wings... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Lawyers The FAA Gas Prices Insurance companies All are coming to together to destroy aviation So Sad I wish I could go back in a time machine to around 1925 Grab a Bi-Plane with an open canopy and no radio and just fly |
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If this doesn't verify it...
I just read a sad story about the airport where I began as a fledgling
instructor. It floods more or less regularly when ever the Snohomish River leaves its banks, and not only its expansion plans but its very existence is threatened by a bevy of government agencies that don't know what to do about it and are taking forever to decide. Meanwhile, the family that has owned and nourished the place since forever is sending lawyer's kids to college while they (the lawyers) joust with one another. Bob Gardner "Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... ...I don't know what does. Despite sky-high new aircraft sales, overall traffic is down -- way down. Yet another data point: The $100 Hamburger website keeps track of the number of new airport restaurants that have opened and the number closed. According to today's announcement, so far this year only 17 new airport restaurants have sprung up - all across the country -- while 143 have closed. This is scary. Although we've seen "blips" of activity this year, overall we're still seeing way, way less air traffic than in past years. The fact that so many on-field restaurants have locked their doors bodes ill for all of us. Get out there and fly, ladies and gents. Our infrastructure is dissolving beneath our wings... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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If this doesn't verify it...
In article .com,
Jay Honeck wrote: Get out there and fly, ladies and gents. Our infrastructure is dissolving beneath our wings... I flew down to Harris Ranch today for lunch and landed on the freshly repaved runway. I took two non-pilots with me as well, to help spread the gospel. John -- John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/ |
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If this doesn't verify it...
I flew down to Harris Ranch today for lunch and landed on the
freshly repaved runway. I took two non-pilots with me as well, to help spread the gospel. John -- John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/ Holy crap, I just got back from there not 30 minutes ago. Its a pretty cool airport. Were you by any chance in a 172 without a back window? There was an older 172 leaving just as we were about to shut it down and fill up. Theres an airport about 150 miles north of where I'm based called Willows that I used to go to just about every night for a solid month. Theres a really good cafe there that gets a lot of business. I just counted in my logbook, and since August 1st, I've been there exactly 32 times. The reason it's so popular with the flight school I work at, is because it's open 24 hours. Most other airport cafes in the area have ridiculous hours like noon to 3:00PM Monday-Thursday. The only time a plane is available long enough to fly there and back is during the night, so it works out well. Oh, and the pie is the best in California. |
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If this doesn't verify it...
In article .com,
buttman wrote: Holy crap, I just got back from there not 30 minutes ago. Its a pretty cool airport. Were you by any chance in a 172 without a back window? There was an older 172 leaving just as we were about to shut it down and fill up. Nope, I was in an Archer. Left Harris Ranch around 2pm. Theres an airport about 150 miles north of where I'm based called Willows that I used to go to just about every night for a solid month. I'll have to check it out. It is 123.4nm due north for me, according to AirNav. John -- John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/ |
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If this doesn't verify it...
Jay Honeck wrote: Lawyers The FAA Gas Prices Insurance companies All are coming to together to destroy aviation A healthy aviation industry benefits the insurance companies. The insurance companies don't want to destroy aviation - we just want to make a profit. If insurance rates are going up its because of poor underwriting in the past, frivolous lawsuits or pilots making bad decisions. |
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