KR>Re: airplane use statistics (was flight home from Gathering)

2021-09-19 Thread Dr. Feng Hsu
Thank you Oscar for your interesting comparison of GA with boating. I understand the point you tried to make, except that you might have misunderstood my view points. I didn't mean to say there is anything wrong at all for those who enjoy GA as hobby or entertainment. I was trying to find ways to m

KR>flight home from Gathering

2021-09-19 Thread Oscar Zuniga
This post isn't really about a flight home from the Gathering at Lee's Summit... it's about a drive home from there. KRNetter and KR owner/pilot John Bouyea being the quiet and unassuming person that he is, he'd probably never mention this as anything special, but he just drove close to 5000 mi

KR>airplane use statistics (was flight home from Gathering)

2021-09-19 Thread Oscar Zuniga
Dr. Hsu wrote- >Out of 100 GA enthusiasts who own aircrafts (either homebuilt or certified): In response, I've changed 'aircraft' to 'sailboats' to make a point here- >#1, About 10% or less of the folks use their sailboats as truly a >transportation vehicle, and they sail to anywhere as they wan

KR>Re: flight home from Gathering

2021-09-19 Thread Dr. Feng Hsu
Dear Joe, Larry & all, I appreciate all your feedbacks about my observation & questions, and I fully understand your explanations concerning why there is only a small fraction of GA enthusiasts who fall into #1 group! For Joe's question, why achieving the goal of being in the #1 group is so impor

KR>Re: flight home from Gathering

2021-09-19 Thread Luis Claudio via KRnet
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

KR>Re: flight home from Gathering

2021-09-19 Thread Flesner
On 9/18/2021 10:35 PM, Dr. Feng Hsu 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

KR>Re: flight home from Gathering

2021-09-19 Thread bjoenunley
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 req