On 7/3/05 12:28 AM, in article KPJxe.126279$xm3.125249@attbi_s21, "Jay
Honeck" spewed:

5 years renting and flying. Odds are I won't ever be buying.

Ha! We all thought that, once.

After setting up the baby-sitter, the weather, the mother-in-law, the cars,
and the time off work, only to have the rental plane:

a) Down for a 100-hour inspection
b) Out on a cross-country and hasn't returned on time
c) Out with a guy who needed it for his checkride that was postponed
d) Found with the master switch on...and the FBO's closed

After this happened to us one too many times, Mary turned to me and snapped
"Why don't you buy a plane!"...

It was the fourth happiest day of my life.

:-)

I only fly as an expensive hobby, not for essential transportation, so if my
regular rental is down or unavailable for any reason, it's merely a
disappointment.

The wife isn't fond of flying much, let alone in small planes. She's flown
with me 3 times in 5 years and I had to practically beg each time. I will
say that now that I have the instrument rating, she's said she feels a bit
safer and might take short trips (~1 hour) to relatively close destinations
like Asheville, NC.

I will agree that I used to think that getting the license itself would
never happen. (And the ST1100 too.) But once the kids were adults and I had
a few extra dollars she didn't argue very much. But when it gets down to it,
she likes boats, not planes, I like planes, not boats. We both like
motorcycles, so we can agree somewhat.
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