PRESS RELEASE Of interest to editors and journalists covering: Aviation, Education, Retail, Hobbies, Shopping/Gifts, OH Business News One Company is Making the Dream of Flight a Reality by offering the 'Gift of Flight' this Holiday Season BATAVIA, OH - October 18, 2004 /Send2Press Newswire/ -- Now you can jumpstart someone's dream of flying an airplane with the Gift of Flight. Sporty's Pilot Shop (www.sportys.com), the world's largest pilot supply company, has put together a special "Gift of Flight" package in time for holiday gift-giving. This pilot training package includes everything a loved one needs to get flying. *(Photo: http;/www.Send2Press.com/photoSP/sportys.jpg) "Thousands of Americans - everyday people from teachers to dentists, from office workers to construction workers - enjoy flying their own airplanes," says Sporty's Pilot Shop Founder and Chairman Hal Shevers. "Men and women, from teenagers to retirees - pilots come in all ages." To get your aspiring pilot started, the Gift of Flight includes two DVDs: "Finding the Best Flight Instruction" and "Choosing the Right Flight School." These DVDs make selecting a flight training provider easy. To build the aviation knowledge pilots must have and to make the training process as easy as possible, the Gift of Flight includes Sporty's Complete Recreational Pilot Course on four interactive DVDs. This course comes with an Integrated Course Outline and a study guide cross-referenced to the DVDs. An attractive DVD wallet is included. More information is packed into the "Airport Signs and Markings Guide." Flying time is recorded in the Pilot Logbook, and a poster depicting the cockpit of a Cessna 182 will aid study. A six-month subscription to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's monthly magazine Flight Training is included. This entire package comes gift-wrapped and ready for giving. Ready for the airport? So that your loved one can look like a pilot, an A-2 flight jacket is part of the package. This high-quality, pure leather flight jacket is the same design as jackets worn by World War II aviators. "Becoming a pilot is the best decision I ever made, and we all know someone who talks about becoming a pilot," says Shevers. "The Gift of Flight is just the push a person needs to get to the airport." The Gift of Flight [#B1355A] is available for $298 and may be purchased at sportys.com or by calling Sporty's at 1.800.SPORTYS or 513.735.9000. Orders received as late as December 23, 2004, can arrive in time for Christmas. More information: http://www.sportys.com Contact: Mark Wiesenhahn of Sporty's Pilot Shop news@sportys.com +1-513-735-9100 x338 /Note to editors: high resolution photos and logos available on request./ # # # [ Source of news = Sporty's Pilot Shop ] Ref: http://www.send2press.com/2archive/2004/pr04-101804-sportys.txt http://www.send2press.com/2archivePDF/pr04-101804-sportys.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------- *IMPORTANT NOTE TO MEDIA: to reach the organization releasing this news, please contact: news@sportys.com (media only) If used for publication, please send specimen copy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- S2PR-NP C=P/ 4C / OH / BATAVIA, Ohio / U.S. English (en) Copr. (c) 2004 Send2Press Newswire. This release was issued on behalf of the above organization, who is solely responsible for accuracy of content, by Send2Press(TM), a unit of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com [www.PRnetwire.com] references: ----------- pilot, gift, holiday, fly, sporty's, sportys, flying lessons, airplane, airport, flight training, flier, piloting