"Jay Honeck" wrote

Well, to my utter amazement, the girls were absolutely dazzled by the
Kiwi. At one point they were fighting over flight time, and I was kept
busy explaining the flight controls and techniques. One girl in
particular (Becca's best friend, whom we have taken flying in the past)
was completely immersed in the experience, and was actually able to
depart from Chicago's (defunct) Meigs Field, fly the pattern out over
the lake -- and land successfully, on the runway! This without EVER
having piloted a plane (or a simulator) before, which I found to be
completely remarkable.

You 'may' have just ended Beca's aversion to an interest in flying. If she
thinks that her friends think flying is cool, then she may be much more
interested in staying a step ahead of them; to be cool in learning to fly,
herself. That is one way for her to be cooler than her friends.

Interesting; the turns and twists that life takes, isn't it? You make an
artificial airplane, only to succeed in making flying a real airplane an
interest for your non-interested daughter. I hope it plays out that way,
anyway.
--
Jim in NC