Greetings from Atlanta

A new presentation of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Flying Club. I joined the club in the fall of 2005 when I was a visiting scholar at Tech. Fun to see plains, people and the Georgia skies again! My favourite sightseeing route was Stone Mountain and downtown ATL.

Cool flying in Korea

I am going to Seoul as Head of Delegation for the New Media Network study tour in April, and started to do some research on the possibility of flying during my visit. Most information from the clubs and schools are not easily understood by a westerner, but the home page presentations are awesome. Turn on your speakers and visit Korea Flying Education Center or Aim High Aero Club. More addresses to sky sports in Korea at this site.

Payable before First Flight

The benefit of being a member of a handful of flying clubs gives great access to aircrafts. But the trend of increasing annual fees for pilots is resulting in an extremely high cost of the season’s first flight.

I am member of two clubs at ENKJ (Oslo's GA airport), and the clubs at ENGM (Oslo's main airport, open 24h), ENTO (summer hang-out), ENOV (my home town), and Kilen (Oslo's Seaplane Base). I do fly 50-60 hours every year, but the increasing fee payable before first flight in most clubs makes me think twice about the season’s first take-off.

The result is probably fewer memberships for me, fewer hours sold and less revenue for the clubs, and more week-ends on the ground for family and friends.