What a coincidence! Last summer while I was giving Young Eagle rides a
woman came over and asked if her friend Mary could get a ride. She said
Mary was 87 years old, and had never been in an airplane in her life.
We had a lull in kids, and I agreed. We helped Mary into the airplane
and I took her around Wausau and around Rib Mountain. She said, "Wow,
this is wonderful! It's like riding a motorcycle!" I showed her how to
fly the plane, and she flew for about 5 minutes, with a huge smile on
her face the whole time. After the flight she and the other woman,
Joan, thanked me about 15 times each. On three days ago Joan called me
and asked if I could give Mary a certificate. I told her that the only
certificates that I had access to were Young Eagle certificates. She
said that would be fine, and told me the address where to send it. She
also said that Mary told her that the flight in the Ercoupe was the
greatest thrill in her entire life. The same evening I looked at my
email and saw Ed's message below, about Tommy's certificates. They look
great! I printed some off, made one out for Mary, and sent it out.
Thank you Ed and Tommy.
Syd
Ed Burkhead wrote:
Tommy Terry, one of our great forum moderators, has created a
certificate you can give your passengers after you've taken them for
Coupe flights.
Starting with the classic advertising photo of the Coupe over/in front
of the Mall and the Washington monument and adding scroll-work and
text, Tommy made a nice certificate.
I've uploaded two versions of this to the tech files section, both as
.jpg images. One is sized to print as an 8 x 10 and the other as an
8½ x 11. (Just ignore your print program's complaint that the image
is bigger than the printable margins - the certificate has its own
white border area and nothing will be lost.)
Feel free to print a dozen and keep them in your plane to give to your
passengers to commemorate their ride in a classic beauty.
Ed Burkhead
http://edburkhead.com East Peoria, Illinois
ed -at- edburkhead???.com (change -at- to @ and remove "???")
