PRESIDENT and EAA QUIZ

[Joe LaMantia]

Bill,

Is this a trick question? We are all assuming by President you mean of the United States, but if you mean President of EAA then our founder has EAA in his blood!

Joe

[Bill Greenwood]

No, Joe, it is not Paul or Tom. I said in my first post it was not the EAA pres or officials.

But you are getting warmer, and there is a trick to the question.

I'll put the answer on tonight if no one gets if first.

First correct answer gets a free ride on my new Embrarer.
It is out at our airport and on display. In airline use it holds 120 people, must be pretty tight.
But in corporate setup only 18 so plenty of room.

Price is $48 million, which I don't quite have now, but who knows, we have to have dreams.

[RV8505]

It could be port side president LBJ. He and Lady Bird were real cozy with Bell Helicopter and Lady Bird Johnson was a major stock owner in Bell. When LBJ reversed Kennedy's decision to pull out of Vietnam, Bell sold allot of helicopters during the conflict. Of course during the war the development of helicopters and jet aircraft increased exponentially as did the sales.

[Hal Bryan]

I'm guessing Bill's thinking of Jimmy Carter - not a pilot, but, given his work with Habitat for Humanity, he's literally a "homebuilder."

[RV8505]

U.S. airline industry

Really!? He set the airlines up to beat each other up for the next 30 some years and nearly ruined the airline industry. Airline Deregulation Act (Pub.L. 95–504) was signed into law by President Carter on October 24, 1978. The main purpose of the act was to remove government control over fares, routes and market entry (of new airlines) from commercial aviation. The Civil Aeronautics Board's powers of regulation were to be phased out, eventually allowing market forces to determine routes and fares. The Act did not remove or diminish the FAA's regulatory powers over all aspects of airline safety.

Not to mention And who can forget Operation Eagle Claw disaster in the desert. It was considered attributed to the administration due to the fact many of the military aviation units were only 25% mission ready due to funding issues.

[Hal Bryan]

You might want to reread my post...

[RV8505]

I found it a amusing play on words however Mr. Carter didn't do anything to promote the experimenter homebuilder spirit of aviation. I made no mistake.

[Hal Bryan]

Okay - your response to what was just a bad pun and nothing more on my part made it look to me like you misunderstood, that's all.

Anyway, my answer to your question "Really?!" is "Nope - just kidding."

[Bill Greenwood]

RV 8505
As I said in my first post, ignore politics.
Obviously you don't like Democrats, but the politics, whether pro or con have nothing to do with this question.

No Hal, your answer is very clever re "homebuilder" but that's not it.

[Bill Greenwood]

Last big clue, and Joe got close.

I said President, past or current, and everyone wrongly assumed I meant U S Pres.

So who else flies an ultra light?