Flying Across America – An Update
In three months, I’ll fly from Frankfurt to Jacksonville to start a great flying adventure together with Jason Schappert, the editor of www.m0a.com. We launched the Flying Across America project to promote General Aviation. We will fly from Florida to California and back in Jason’s Cessna 150 to meet as many aviation enthusiasts as possible and preach for positive values associated with General Aviation: solidarity and friendship, self-development, service to the community, and fun.
Our route is already defined, we’ll keep south of the Rocky Mountains, and stop at airports where we found friends and local support. We also want to show that aviation is not reserved to the affluent, and that it’s a great community. We do our best to get some media coverage, and several fellow bloggers already posted about us, like Dan, from www.av8rdan.com. The guys from mytransponder.com and Friends Of Aviation also support our project, together with other patrons and partners. We need all possible support to turn our flight into a great event, from help with funding to media relays and local supporters.
If you live close to our route and want to help, don’t hesitate to contact me via this blog of via our contact page.
We fund ourselves as much as we can, but we’re also selling t-shirts, mousepads and glassware from our online store. You can also support us directly by buying miles from our website. Any extra cent will be donated to aviation related charities, and we hope to donate a lot. We plan a book, and may be a DVD. And naturally, we’ll post a lot on our blog.
So far, we’ve enough funds for the flight from Florida to California, and my flight ticket to Jacksonville and back is paid for. We’ve been invited overnight at different places and this will reduce the costs, but we still need more support. We need your help to spread the word, and make possible for us to reach a wider audience, so don’t hesitate to talk about this project around you. Join us to make General Aviation a bit better!
