EAA Forums - My long-winded thoughts on the culture, etc.

[Jim Hann]

Bill, you've got a deal. My Amex # is 7. The airplane will be riveted within an inch of its life, and, I'm thinking of a kind of chartreuse with faux-woodgrain, sort of a flying family truckster. If only I had a name for that color scheme...

Thanks for the laugh.

To the others of you that have responded here, thanks so much for your kind words and favorable responses. Let the discussions continue...!

Awesome! Where are the smilies on the iPad?

Jim

[Joe LaMantia]

Hal,

Nice topic and well presented! As usual lots of good comments from the bloggers, always mixed with humor and common sense. EAA is a big organization as is AOPA and when you have a lot of people you will get "politics", that is different points of view. Most of us have been around aviation long enough to know the culture, helping out with a question, is like helping a guy push his plane back into the hanger. We don't ask him if he is a Republican or a Democrat, we just grab a strut and push. Here in the world of blogging we don't see facial expressions or changes in a voice that would tip us off when someone posts a response. Things like that are part of communication and have some impact on the blogging world. We have a few topics that are driven by factors outside aviation but have an impact on aviation, that can bring in points of view that get the underware "twisted" from time to time. Overall I think the bloggers do a good job and it's a friendly atmosphere. This blog is well named, it's like having a hanger big enough to house all aircraft around the world.

Joe

[Hal Bryan]

Hal,

Nice topic and well presented!

Many thanks, Joe!

We don't ask him if he is a Republican or a Democrat, we just grab a strut and push.

If anyone wants to put that on bumper sticker, button, or a t-shirt, let me know, I'll take several - love it!

Cheers -

Hal

[Bill Greenwood]

Hal, as for as bumper stickers go, here are two of my favorites that I have seen in Boulder, both of which might not be too popular in Oshkosh or Midland, but there is an element of badly needed truth in them.

"God is too big to be confined to any one religion"
"I 'm already against the next war"

Now Boulder may be a little far to one side of the spectrum, but there is a lot of propaganda on the other side so some balance is definitely needed.

As for an aviation related saying, my favorite is , "It's always going to be better to be on the ground wishing you could go up there, than being up in airplane and just praying that you can get down."

[Hal Bryan]

As for an aviation related saying, my favorite is , "It's always going to be better to be on the ground wishing you could go up there, than being up in airplane and just praying that you can get down."

Definitely words to live by.

(As an aside: based on your comments about Merlin-powered trams in another thread, I'm working on a run of "Greenwood for Emperor!" bumper stickers as well... )

[Zack Baughman]

Nah Hal, Bill needs one that says, "My Spitfire has more seats than yours!"