“If the younger generation doesn’t learn to fly, what’s going to happen?”
— Anna Pennington, 85, a long-time North Carolina pilot
“Thank goodness for DUATS.”
— AOPA President Phil Boyer, in talking about the many failures of Lockheed Martin’s FSS
“A lot of people in GA don’t get involved in politics, but when something like this happens, it solidifies the GA community.”
— Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) on the user fee battle
“I can’t imagine what the feeling would be when that fighter is screaming around you. The pilot had to be terrified.”
— Tracey Potter, owner, Hagerstown (Md.) Aircraft Services, after F-16s were scrambled when antique aircraft, on their way to a fly-in at the field, ventured into a presidential TFR