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    I can't help myself!

    The mere sight of rich people walking around enjoying privileges that I don't have encourages me to get off my recliner and earn the little green portraits of Ben Franklin so I can walk around with...
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    Free sandwiches and a T-shirt? That would be...

    Free sandwiches and a T-shirt? That would be enough for me!
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    You mean you get free admission and camping? How...

    You mean you get free admission and camping? How does one qualify?
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    A discount for volunteering?

    I was just wondering if volunteers at Airventure get any kind of discount off Airventure? I know many would actually pay extra just for the chance to be a part of the world's biggest aviation event,...
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    Thanks.Ten years ago I bought Flight Simulator...

    Thanks.Ten years ago I bought Flight Simulator 2002 which had a "library" feature with alot of magazine articles in it. The first one I read was "Town and Country Caravan" ( the title tickles me to...
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    I dunno. She and her husband (retired, in their...

    I dunno. She and her husband (retired, in their 70's) were traveling during the Thanksgiving season...even her husband was disturbed (at seeing his wife discomforted, that is). But the agent was a...
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    Whoa, who do I think I am, anyway? How do I dare...

    Whoa, who do I think I am, anyway? How do I dare challenge an FAA certified pilot, anyway? Well, well; I think I should retire to my cloister and study my little beat-up copy of Pilot's Handbook of...
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    Marty, you are so right. Fact is, I am not a...

    Marty, you are so right. Fact is, I am not a pilot. Yep. I am NOT a pilot. Marty? I'm not even a student pilot! Hah!
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    Yes, they most certainly did. Including a...

    Yes, they most certainly did. Including a mild-mannered school teacher I know.
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    You've never flown a Piper to a beach?

    You've never flown a Piper to a beach?
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    You're wrong: people have reported fingers up...

    You're wrong: people have reported fingers up their underwear (and worse) many times.
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    I guess that's true for someone okay with the...

    I guess that's true for someone okay with the possibility of getting a finger in their underwear.


    Nah. My friends can't wait for me to get my license, uh, certificate so I can take them to one...
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    Judging from the posts so far, I see that GA...

    Judging from the posts so far, I see that GA pilots and their families and friends could travel without a need to go through TSA. This is important because I've got (highly polite) friends/relatives...
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    Steve, all I did was ask about TSA at FBOs, with...

    Steve, all I did was ask about TSA at FBOs, with a little nationally felt frustration thown in for lagniappe. That is not a bad thing. I think I speak for many Americans when I say I am dismayed at...
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    Thanks for making that perfectly clear, champ...

    Thanks for making that perfectly clear, champ driver. I already knew that at some airports like my own LYH the main terminal and FBOs are separate, thus making the TSA treatment unecessary. I have...
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    Then there is a pretty much effective way to...

    Then there is a pretty much effective way to avoid TSA, and these people have found the secret?
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    So whaf do these corporate owners do? Fly to...

    So whaf do these corporate owners do? Fly to smalker airports?
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    So one can expect tsa harrassment procedures if...

    So one can expect tsa harrassment procedures if the airport is big enough? The FBO's at LYH don't have this problem.
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    Is this a national program, and if so, who...

    Is this a national program, and if so, who qualifies for the honor?
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    Is this program voluntary?

    Is this program voluntary?
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    What if I were in a Learjet? Do you think that I...

    What if I were in a Learjet? Do you think that I could bypass the TSA body gropers through an FBO?
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    Incidently, if one could reliably avoid TSA by...

    Incidently, if one could reliably avoid TSA by flying privately, then this would explain the apathy on the part of the decision/political class (has it come to that?) toward the misery inflicted on...
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    GA and the TSA.

    There has been a question I've been wondering over for some time, and that is; Do GA pilots have to ever go through the same TSA ritual as the commercial passenger? Forgive me if this is a stupid...
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    I may end up doing that if the stint in...

    I may end up doing that if the stint in homebuilts fizzles. The reason homebuilts seem attractive is for a reduction in fuel costs, and thus flight training costs. Think 5 gph vs. 4 gph. I know it's...
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    This is a great idea. Might even call it the...

    This is a great idea. Might even call it the "ATA", as you suggested. Maybe we'll grow in size and influence; get the World's attention. Bring the E.U.'s anti-GA machine to a halt! Reverse the...
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