Zzz, thanks for providing the "aviation grade" pharmaceuticals that feed my addiction.

All of the above! This site has been informative, entertaining and well run. Can’t say enough. Thanks Zane!

Pete

Thanks for the kind words, everybody.

While it’s nice to have a little dough to keep the place running and feel like I have an aviation job, the thing I value most is what we have built. And the friendships. 20 years is roughly a 1/4 of a person’s life, and the memories are invaluable. I’ve made some real brothers for life here and I hope many of you have too.

Thank you Zane for all the hard work over the past 2 decades. The glory days were sure fun! Personally, I've met more lifelong friends from this website than from anywhere else.

Hope to met more of you in the backcountry sitting around a campfire.

"The only downside is if all of this is causing people to buy a Maule. That should be closely examined."

Rude.

Also, congrats Zane. What you do here is pretty amazing and we appreciate it.

"The only downside is if all of this is causing people to buy a Maule. That should be closely examined."

Rude.

No: "sarcasm" which admittedly doesn't always translate well.

Why would someone want something with easier access, more comfort and faster than what I have? Also "sarcasm."

Joe

Zzz wrote:Many of you have been here since the start. Many more have come and gone, mainly in part to the advent of social media and its integration into society and the mainstream. In terms of growth, BCP has definitely felt the pressure of big social media. Engagement has waned to a plateau where we find ourselves today.

*cough*

Congrats on 20 years buddy. I need to come up and see you again.

SugarGnarls wrote:"The only downside is if all of this is causing people to buy a Maule. That should be closely examined."

Rude.

Nah, that was funny. Do you remember the "just buy a Maule" days?

The modern ways of communicating information with social media don't hold a handle the archival capabilities of BCP and the context that's preserved in a forum post. I often find myself back here digging through old posts for gold nuggets - and it's easy diggings!

Coming up on 11 years as a member (and a few more before that as a lurker) - how time flies when all you do is talk about flying!

Zzz wrote:.....Many of you have been here since the start. Many more have come and gone, mainly in part to the advent of social media and its integration into society and the mainstream. In terms of growth, BCP has definitely felt the pressure of big social media. Engagement has waned to a plateau where we find ourselves today.....

I've been here on BCP since pretty early on.
I'm definitely a late comer to "social media", aka FB,
but I participate in a few aviation groups there as well.
I don't think FB & BCP are or have to be mutually exclusive.
I do see some familiar names there, and I'm sure many others are BCP regulars using other user names.
That said, congrats Zane, & thanks for running this place.
It's provided a lot of enjoyment & useful info over the years.

Zzz wrote:

SugarGnarls wrote:"The only downside is if all of this is causing people to buy a Maule. That should be closely examined."

Rude.

Nah, that was funny. Do you remember the "just buy a Mall" days?

Fixed it for you. Haha.