16 Right in Hi-Def

I took my oldest son to see the movie last night in San Francisco. The digital projection was impressive, and it was a treat to see it on the big screen.

Brian Terwilliger, the producer director, is a young guy with a ton of passion about flight. It was interesting to hear him speak about making the film.

He mentioned how the airport first turned him down and that he started shooting the film undercover. It was only after he screened a long trailer for the airport folks that they realized that his "documentary" was not a hit piece and then gave him full access.

One interesting note and an indicator of General Aviation in America, was that eight of the interviewees have since passed, three before the film was completed. Last night at the film, my son and one other young boy were the only two individuals under twenty, and I would put the average age near forty.

Highlight for the night (well having the whole evening with my son was big highlight) was my son asking Brian, “Why do you like to fly?” Nothing like the big question from a six year old.

Checking In

Well, that's what I get for reading everyone else blogs all the time, I forget to add to mine.

To update my search for a new club, I still haven't found one. I haven't been looking.

After the last family trip my wife said, "I've tried to get into flying, but I can't do it. The planes smell, the seats are uncomfortable and I get sick from the heat before we take off."

She's right, even with a a couple of year old 182. It smells like aviation fuel was poured inside, the seats are terrible, and if you fly in the summer it gets hot inside on the ground.

Being an enthusiast I can and have ignored most of these things. Anyone who's trained in older airframes has seen how bad it can get. But, if aviation is going to keep addressing the need for more people to fly, the creature comforts have to be dealt with sometime.

So where does that leave me? Well I can keep flying out of Ahart for the moment, but there are no family trips until those issues can be handled, and I have no time table there.