AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2023 - 6

PRESIDENT 'S POSITION
Oh, the places
we will fly
Where will aviation take you in 2023?
BY MARK BAKER / President and CEO
AOPA Foundation Legacy Society member
LEAVE IT TO a children's book to show us the way. After all, Dr.
Seuss's popular work about the importance of seizing new opportunities,
keeping an open mind, and trying out new things speaks
to all of us aviators. We are adventurers, seekers, explorers. I hope
each one of us can live up to these descriptors in the year ahead.
What does 2023 hold in store for me and the team at AOPA? I
may not have a crystal ball, but if I did, it would show a lot of flying.
That should come as no great surprise. It's been that way for
me since I got my certificate in my early days, and it hasn't been
much different since. My year will be spent continuing to pursue
this great passion we share for aviation, and making sure that each
one of you has the freedom to fly.
" Oh! The places you'll go.
You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights. "
-Dr. Seuss, Oh the Places You'll Go
I was recently asked if I still have a bucket list of destinations.
My answer was " sort of. " I'm fortunate that I have crossed off a lot
of my list, but there's always a little room for more.
In a career that has taken me to so many different places-
figuratively and literally-I have been fortunate to see so much of
this great country. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I have visited every
American city and town with a population north of 50,000. It's
been a necessary-and welcomed-part of my career, and I have
been incredibly thankful that almost all these places are served by
one of our 5,000 public-use GA airports. I've taken good advantage
of that fact.
The coming year may not be as much about flying to brandnew
destinations (although there will always be new places to
see) as it will be about revisiting favorite destinations and spending
more time there-going farther, seeing new things, discovering
more wonders. It's always a goal of mine when I visit a destination
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to see something I haven't before (especially from the air-no two
aerial views are ever alike). It's the nature of an explorer.
I am looking forward to visiting the Bahamas again. It's one of
the most spectacular destinations, and the trip there will be made
more efficient by the work our Government Affairs team has done
to battle cumbersome entry requirements. To see the islands of the
Bahamas by air is truly a sight to behold.
Water will be a common theme in 2023, so I'd better put my
seaplane skills to the test. I am looking forward to a trip this summer
around the Great Lakes. So many wonderful destinations in
the upper Midwest. I'm really looking forward to flying up to the
top of the Missouri River in Fort Peck, Montana, and visiting the
amazing lakes in that beautiful region.
The Northwest will be calling me again in 2023. Seeing my
friends in Driggs, Idaho, and visiting airports in Washington and
Oregon will be a highlight. I'm also looking forward to an annual
pilgrimage to Alaska, where the flying and scenery just can't be
beat. I'm sure I'll be using both wheels and floats.
Of course, much of my most cherished and anticipated trips
will be those to see our members and the general aviation community.
There is nothing I enjoy more than meeting with those who
enable us to do our important work. I'm looking forward to seeing
our friends in Florida at Sun 'n Fun, and of course no year is
complete without a fantastic week at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh.
Our events team has another terrific year lined up for 2023
with a refreshed strategy to partner with established airshows.
That will allow us to do what we do best-aviation-and allow our
partners to do what they do best-put on an airshow.
I'm excited to fly back to Arizona in February for the AOPA
Fly-In at the Buckeye Air Fair. The folks put on a tremendous
event, and our members will be treated to a first-class experience.
What a whirlwind year ahead.
Let me close with some more words from the good doctor, who
put it in a way that should be the beacon
for all aviators in 2023: You'll
be on your way up! You'll be seeing
great sights! You'll join the high
fliers who soar to high heights.
mark@aopa.org
AOPA President MARK
BAKER is a commercial
pilot with single- and
multiengine land and
seaplane ratings and a
rotorcraft rating.

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