I fly for the pure joy of flight. Presently, the Avocado (C150) has many roles and fulfills these roles rather well. It probably knows that its days are numbered as its replacement is about to take to the air. My KR, presently known as "Chilly Dawg" will become my airplane of choice, it's just a matter of time. Could the answer to your question be found in education? Could the answer be in getting young people interested in aviation instead of video games or social platforms? What part are you doing to change this trend? That is a rhetorical question since we homebuilders are doing our part to create a spark of wonder in young minds as they witness what can be done with a simple engine and some raw materials... we can create time machines that shrink distances and open minds to some fantastic adventures... keep building, keep flying... we are doing our part. On Sunday, September 19, 2021, 07:27:04 AM CDT, <bjoenun...@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Dr HSU,
I belong to groups 1 ,3, and I was a 4. I don’t believe that the government has much affect on my flying as I am familiar with FAA requirements and limitations. I can work within or around these. If no ads-b don’t fly into class b or c airspace. There are a lot of government requirements like annual inspections, medical requirements, all in the name of safety. These barriers probably won’t go away. Regarding #1; using airplanes for transport. This is a wonderful aspect of aviation. I can fly to my daughters house to see my granddaughter in 1.5 hours or drive in 4 hours. A real time travel machine. This weekend was stormy weather so we drove for 4 hours. Thunderstorms, low ceilings etc. were the deciding factors. Weather effects my airplane travel quite often. I am upgrading my panel to ifr next month which should help. #3 fun. Please don’t underestimate the value of a plane for entertainment purposes. I often fly just for fun with nowhere to go other than up. We fly to breakfast on Saturdays with friends, or to other airports to visit friends. Most of my flying is just me and the airplane with nowhere to go. I don’t understand #2, not flying. I fly several times a month. #4, I loved building and working on my plane, any reason to be around planes. This is my perspective. Why Dr HSU, is #1 so important to you? Joe Nunley Yellow River Airport Florida Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2021, at 11:35 PM, Dr. Feng Hsu <fenghs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Being a rookie just entering in the realm of GA, here are some of my > observations since bought my planes, and it is due to these troubling > observations (or statistics) my confidence of becoming someone in the #1 > group (which was precisely the motivation I bought my aircrafts) has taken > a sharp turning to the south, unfortunately....! > > Out of 100 GA enthusiasts who own aircrafts (either homebuilt or certified): > > #1, About 10% or less of the folks use their aircraft as truly a > transportation vehicle, and they fly to anywhere as they want, and feel as > easy as driving on the road! > > #2, About 30% or more who simply leave their aircraft in the hangar and > paying rent without even touching it for months or years. > > #3, About 40% or more who simply fly their aircrafts as entertainment or > hobby on the weekend or during leisure times, and they hardly use it as > private transportation tool. > > #4, about 20% or more who are builders and they keep building experimental > aircrafts one after another but hardly fly much of their aircraft at > all...!! > > My question here is, how can we change the statistics (based on my > observation) so that we can significantly move all the folks into group > #1?! I know there is no easy answer to this question, but I think it will > take huge efforts from both sides of government agency (FAA) and GA > enthusiasts to work together in order to change things around... right?! > > I may have some ideas or proposed solutions to tackle this ugly reality, > but I would first hear discussion and ideas from our fellow KRers, > especially from those who belongs to the #1 group....?! > > Kindly, > > Dr. Hsu >> ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
