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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Why don't you find a way to simulate a news group and quit whining to us. You wouldn't fly if you had the money, and you would have the money if you put as much effort in to earning a living as you so trying to convince the WORLD that simulation compares to actual aviation. |
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Nathan Young writes: The LSA industry certainly appears to be booming. Every flying magazine I get has a new LSA listed each month. Most of the LSAs are ~$100k. Flying magazines are perhaps not very objective sources of information. Well even the worst ones be the heck out of listening to your head rattle. |
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Maxwell writes:
Then someone is buying way too much house! How much house can you get for $60,000 (1.5 times the average salary in the U.S.)? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:26:47 -0400, "Kyle Boatright"
wrote in : My personal theory is that flying is no longer the source of hero worship it once was. Is there a current Lindberg? How about an Amelia Earhart? Maybe a John Glenn? Not really. Flying has lost the public's imagination, and therefore the publicity. That is an interesting view. I suppose there may be a disproportionate number of pilots who are drawn to aviation for the perceived public esteem historically conferred on airmen. And I agree, that the aura of the "daring young man ..." has been somewhat tarnished by the less than magical, cattle-car results of airline deregulation, notorious news stories and jokes of pilot sleeping/rage/inebriation/... while on flight-duty, and publicized/sensationalized blunders of less than qualified airmen. After all, it is the exposé of heroes' clay feet, even more than their stunning creative deeds, that titillates and boost ratings. And if this loss of public esteem for airman discourages those who seek to enhance their self-image through being regarded as pilots by the public, other than its impact on our political influence due to declining numbers, I fail to perceive a down-side. I would much prefer to see competent, unassuming persons with the capacity and understanding to perform to high standards while operating aircraft, and a genuine love of the sky, displace the self-impressed, white scarffed, showman of the past. But that's just me. Times change. If one attempts a little prognostication, it's easy to see a future of pilotless, fully automated space and air vehicles operating in a fully computerized environment, and performing their pedestrian tasks with all the alacrity and sagacity of an S-Tec System 65. With the airliner manufacturers requiring ever increasing numbers of their products to be in flight simultaneously in order to sustain their market, and the finite nature of airspace (it's not so big a sky after all), it's clear, that there will be increasing pressure to remove the (somewhat unpredictable) human element from the system to facilitate the ever tighter packing of airliners to the point of exceeding the capabilities of mere humans. But there will always be a cadre of exuberant and talented souls whose love of the sky will fuel the development of innovative vehicles[1,2] and the evolution of flight. So while aviation continues to mature, it will also evolve. And it's likely that the 21st century will lack the same warm naiveté, respect for human dignity, and awe of technology characteristic of the last century, but it will have its redeeming efficiency to distinguish it with the coming hoards[3] (baring WWIII). [1] http://www.cpinternet.com/sadkins/compare.htm [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites [3] http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/...on/001720.html Overall, the country’s population would continue to grow, increasing from 282.1 million in 2000 to 419.9 million in 2050. |
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:31:10 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote in : people who can afford to fly today may still be discouraged by the tremendous barriers to entry into the hobby, as compared to other hobbies. It is ridiculously difficult to become a private pilot, and unless one is among the very tiny minority of people who are truly obsessed with flying, there are many other hobbies that provide similar levels of satisfaction for far less money and with far less hassle and red tape. That is as it should be, in my humble opinion. Folks who consider aviation a hobby belong on the ground. |
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On 26 Apr 2007 18:57:24 -0700, Jay Honeck wrote
in .com: Until we, as a people, come to grips with this completely out of control, tax-consuming, inefficient monster of a government bureacracy that we've created, we will find our freedoms and our income ever more diminished. Consider $3-billion a week in Iraq for five years, or much longer depending..., and the money-sink of a blundering Department of Homeland Security. It is those useless expenditures that are consuming the wealth of our nation. This isn't a Democrat or Republican thing -- If you fail to see the GOP's madness, you are blind. |
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