I've looked at the numbers at my very busy club and have been surprised that folks doing the leasebacks at least on the G1000 172s are actually making money not just subsidizing their flying. I think the father you get aways from the most basic training aircraft...172...the numbers are not a good.
Don’t mean to rag on anyone. Perhaps I misinterpreted “never heard of him” as snarky. Just seemed gratuitous in the wake of someone’s death. Flying is an unnatural act and we occasionally lose novices and pros. I was not close to Snort but certainly looked up to him. Moreover, if this...
Fair enough. For those who “have never heard of him” and others who just want to remember a legend who had literally been there and done that…. not many of us can say we have had lock on a MIG, this is worth your time. This was a tragic loss of life whether a student pilot or legendary...
I don’t know why this gets under my skin - if you don’t know him, walk silently by. If you are a serious aviator and you never heard of Snort, it says more about your clueless than anything about him. If you have nothing to contribute…show some respect and don’t.