" The destruction of general aviation is now a distinct possibility. All of the forces that threaten its existence are visible on the horizon, and all of them are being fathered by the Department of Transportation and its subsidiary, the FAA. " -Max Karant, former AOPA Pilot editor, in a 1973 editorial "I'm going to fly this thing, then I'm going to set it afire and never have another thing to do with aeroplanes!" -Clyde Cessna after an unsuccessful 1911 attempt at flight wacky people "You can't hug your grandchildren or visit your adult children online. Playing Internet golf is no fun. Having a vacation home loses a lot of its charm when it takes you two days of every three-day weekend to drive to it changes all and back. those dynamics. The real barrier to entry isn't as much cost as it is complexity. We try to make flying easy enough so you don't have to be Superman to do it." A personal airplane -Alan Klapmeier, co-founder of Cirrus Aircraft, now CEO of Kestrel Aircraft 86 | AOPA PILOT May 2014 have the breakthroughs. The 'smart' people don't." -Burt Rutan, founder of design firm Scaled Composites TOP: AP "Usually the