At last, the truth...

Happy Dog wrote:

Who knows?Â*Â*DidÂ*anythingÂ*likeÂ*thatÂ*everÂ*happen *toÂ*youÂ*orÂ*anyoneÂ*elseÂ*you
know?Â*Â*DidÂ*youÂ*orÂ*theyÂ*quit?Â*Â*ThoseÂ*areÂ* binaryÂ*questions.

That's an interesting question. I'd a small scare during my PPL training.
It, combined with the love I have of preflighting in the winter, kept me
away from the airport for five months.

But I returned (when it warmed up {8^).

I wonder if the difference is two-fold: Some don't get scared (perhaps until
the hook is set {8^), and others get scared but get back into the seat.

On the other side of it, I can definitely see the "life circumstances" part.
I used to fly at least once a week, even if it was just to poke some holes.
Now, I'm at about once a month. This is from a combination of work and
family (I've a two-month-old at home).

On the upside, I'm in a club. Were I an owner, I'd be seriously concerned.
As a part owner, I trust fellow members to help me make up the slack
grin.

I'd my first son up a few times before the new pregnancy kept my wife out of
the plane (and I'm not yet brave enough to fly w/son and w/o wife {8^). I
expect, when son #2 is suffficiently old, we'll be back to our local trips
(Cape May, Boston, Nantucket, etc.). As they get older, I hope to be
heading further out.

In the meantime, son #1 and I still "play airplane". During these games,
he'll often wear his headset "for the noise".

- Andrew

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in

Who knows? Did anything like that ever happen to you or anyone else you
know? Did you or they quit? Those are binary questions.

That's an interesting question. I'd a small scare during my PPL training.
It, combined with the love I have of preflighting in the winter, kept me
away from the airport for five months.

It looks like this is more common than I thought. I suspected that the
scare claim was just an excuse for some more mundane reason. Anyone else
have this experience?

mo

Who knows? Did anything like that ever happen to you or anyone else you
know? Did you or they quit? Those are binary questions.

That's an interesting question. I'd a small scare during my PPL
training.
It, combined with the love I have of preflighting in the winter, kept me
away from the airport for five months.

It looks like this is more common than I thought. I suspected that the
scare claim was just an excuse for some more mundane reason. Anyone else
have this experience?

I've never seriously scared myself (although I've been plenty worried a few
times), but my mentor in flight quit flying not long after an engine-out
landing in a corn field.

Of course, it didn't help that he was fired from his job about then, too.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
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