WHAT WE DO? 

In a twelve month period, our ‘tiny’ staff will produce over a third of a million words.  That breaks down to about fourteen hundred stories per year in both the hard-copy edition and eFly-Low.  We are lucky to have several writers that work cheap…  They work for a coffee mug at Christmas time.  Not much payback for their work.  It is, however, appreciated. 

Our publication has grown from a one-state magazine in 2001 to over twenty-five states at present and still growing.  Yesterday, a state…. Today, a region…. Tomorrow, the world.  With the Internet, we have world wide coverage or so it seems.  We have readers in many countries.  Many thanks go to our readers of our publications, this one and the Internet version.   

Until we start counting the words, we didn’t realize just how much time on the computers we spend.  Surfing the net doesn’t really happen… there is no time.  Words… more words… all have to be typed and proofed… do we make mistakes…???  You bet... we do it just to keep our intrigued readers on guard. 

AIR SHOWITIS 

The air show season is here… we are using this issue to provide our readers with the entire summer of air show and events from our calendar on www.fly-low.com.  Many hours of research and sweat has gone into the calendar.  If you find any errors, let us know.  We will make the updates as they are available.  One of our most ‘hit’ pages on www.fly-low.com is our events calendar.  To show the position Google and other search engines have placed on our events calendar, simply do a Google search for “air events calendar”.  We come up as number one...  NICE…   

There are tons of events that are planned this summer.  Grab the wife and kids, head out to a Fly-In or Air Show.   

STATE PILOT’S ORGANIZATIONS 

On our website, our Links page has a list of all the state pilot associations that we could locate on the Web.  If your state association isn’t there, notify me.  Check out the website of your state organization.  I know most of them have State Fly-Outs during the summer months.  New Mexico, Colorado, and Missouri are strong organizations that keep us posted on their events.  Your state organization could use you as a member.  Take the time to look them over and join.  

A FULL-COURT PRESS... 

AOPA is jumping into every available arena to make sure policy makers and lawmakers understand general aviation and AOPA members' concerns about user fees. AOPA is using every opportunity to show that the association is both concerned and proactive about reducing the FAA's costs.  While the airlines claimed that general aviation was competing with them for airspace and airport access, AOPA presents the perspective of members and GA pilots. "The possibility of user fees and the closure of airports are our members' top concerns," said Andy Cebula, AOPA senior vice president of government and technical affairs. "They believe that user fees are not the way to finance the FAA and fees would harm general aviation."  Watch the government to keep working on expanding the idea of user fees for general aviation. 

What do user fees mean to GA pilots?   

A call to FSS for a weather brief…. $5.00.  A flight plan… $2.00.  Flight following… $7.00.  Freedom of the sky… PRICELESS.  Need I say more?  It’s coming folks… stay politically in tune with dribbling from Washington D. C.