Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 (Fortune 01.1b1); site rhino.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hpda!fortune!rhino!marcum From: marcum@rhino.UUCP (Alan M. Marcum) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Primary aircraft proposal. Message-ID: <253@rhino.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 19:29:54 EST Article-I.D.: rhino.253 Posted: Mon Dec 10 19:29:54 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 06:19:06 EST References: <4@decvax.UUCP> <213@terak.UUCP> <17427@lanl.ARPA>Reply-To: marcum@rhino.UUCP (Alan M. Marcum) Organization: Fortune Customer Support Lines: 17 In article doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) writes: > And each time, driving would >have been more practical. I flew because I like to fly. It's fun. > >What I don't care for is the AOPA, FAA, GAMA, NATA, and every other >alphabet soup organization except the EAA all claiming that flying >just for the fun of it is nonexistent-thank-God. I agree with Doug in lots of ways. I fly because its FUN -- all the other "reasons" are rationalizations. It took me years to justify to myself this desire to fly. Then, I came up with a "reason" -- actually, an excuse, something that sounded good. In fact, I reckon "I just live better with air between me and the ground." Flying-just-for-fun dead? I sure hope not....... -- Alan M. Marcum Fortune Systems, Redwood City, California ...!{ihnp4, ucbvax!amd, hpda, sri-unix, harpo}!fortune!rhino!marcum