Interesting Interview

Geico266

Geico266

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Today, I got a call from a local reporter doing a story on the decline of GA.

Funny how there has been several threads about this, then out of the blue he called.

He was interested in my observations and was I flying the same hours as in past years. When I explained I flew experimentals he wanted to know more. I told him I can burn car gas and save $10-15 per hour over 100ll, I can do my own repairs, replacements, upgrades, and maintenance legally.

He pulled up an FAA web site stating piston powered GA is only growing due to experimental and certified is declining. He was amazed by that until I directed him to what experimentals actually look like today, and that they all have an AW certificate issued by the FAA.

No idea when the article will be published, but the reporter was very "up to speed" on aircraft, maintenance, and experimental -v- certified.

Interesting conversation,
 
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Geico266 said:
Today, I got a call from a local reporter doing a story on the decline of GA.

Funny how there has been several threads about this, then out of the blue he called.

He was interested in my observations and was I flying the same hours as in past years. When I explained I flew experimentals he wanted to know more. I told him I can burn car gas and save $10-15 per hour over 100ll, I can do my own reoairs, replacements, upgrades, and maintenance legally, and
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soooooooooooooooooooooo....

Did ya set up a date to give him/her a ride so they can experience the GA side of Aviation ??:dunno::dunno::confused:
 
N801BH said:
soooooooooooooooooooooo....

Did ya set up a date to give him/her a ride so they can experience the GA side of Aviation ??:dunno::dunno::confused:
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I made the offer.:dunno: I told him I would love to take him up and do an overhead break. :lol:

;)
 
Will be interesting to see if he puts any spin on the article when he writes it.good job.
 
Be sure and file a flight plan for your overhead break, so his peers won't be scandalized.
 
N801BH said:
soooooooooooooooooooooo....

Did ya set up a date to give him/her a ride so they can experience the GA side of Aviation ??
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About twenty years ago, I gathered a group of homebuilts for a local TV news story. We offered the reporter a ride (in a Glasair III) and he declined. We gave him crap for a moment, then he revealed that his last GA ride had ended in a midair....

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Nice job, Geico....

Ron Wanttaja
 
Good article ,like that he searched out the facts ,now if people read the article.
 
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