aircraftpilots.com - Important Announcement

Years ago when I joined RA Australia (http://www.auf.asn.au/) I received my first Recretional Flying magazine which comes as part of your memebrship (now called Sport Pilot). In this magazine I saw a small add on one of the pages for a forum, http://www.recreationalflying.com.au/.

So being the internet junky I am, I headed over there and registered. What I found was one of the best communities of like minded individuals I have ever had the pleasure of meeting online. The website was designed to be a resource for recreational pilots and like minded individuals to discuss all things flying.

Over the years the site has changed many times. Ian, the founder, has attempted to steer the direction of the site to ensure that it continues to be the resource for pilots that he originally intended. Alas with all things online there was some diversion in the forums that took away from this goal.

Enter http://www.aircraftpilots.com/. Aircraft Pilots was a change to the site that Ian felt would push his original idea. The new site became a source for all pilots across the world, not just recreational pilots in Australia. However even in this new format it would seem the poitical discussions surrounding RA-Aus were still occuring.

Seeing the need for these Ian over the holidays posted this announcement:  http://www.aircraftpilots.com/threads/important-announcement.32840/ .

The move is to create three sites, not necessary linked but each one to have it's own unique theme for discussions.

The first AircraftPilots.com will be the resource for all pilots to discuss all things flying and will be administered by Ian, the original founder of the sites.

The second will be RecreationalFlying.com.au which will be the place to go to discuss all things RA-Aus specific. This site will be managed by David Isaacs and Ahlocks who have both been staff on the original site for quite some time.

The third, AircraftGeeks.com is for ALL aviation enthusiasts. Ian is currently looking for a team to manage this site.

I think this change is a positive direction for a resource that I personally have found invaluable over my time as a pilot. Ian has put a lot time and money into creating these resources and I hope anyone out there will find them as valuable as I have. Head on over to Aircraft Pilots, register and become part of one of the best communities I have found online.

SPECIAL NOTE: I have no special affiliation with Aircraft Pilots.com except that I have been an active member of the site for a large number of years and feel that it is an invaluable resource for the flying community. Thanks Ian for all the hard work.