AOPA and Keep Em Flying

While I was at the Sun N Fun last week I was fortunate enough to be a guest at a dinner held by the AOPA foundation. After the meal they announced a new program that they were launching called Keep Em Flying. The idea behind keep me flying is to make a series of logged cross country flights and submit them on the website, post pictures on Facebook and twitter and generally use our airplanes to have some fun and talk it up. AOPA has prizes that they will provide to some lucky pilots who participate. What a great idea! I fly quite a bit and my 300 or so Facebook friends are probably tired of seeing the snaps I post from my iPhone online. But recently I have encountered a different type of pilot that I haven't encountered before. These pilots have never flown for any reason other than instructional sessions and practical tests. This program should be great for them. With the expense of flying many of us forget that one of the primary reasons we share this passion is because it is a whole lot of fun. I always joke that flying is the most fun a person can have while fully clothed. Anyway I would suggest that you check out the program on the AOPA website and then go out an do some flying. Aside from having some fun, maybe you could win some cash too.