At last, the truth...

It's funny -- you described my life almost perfectly (I.E.: Kids, business,
wife, billion-hour work-weeks, no time) -- yet we fly a couple of times per
week.

How much would you have flown if your wife didn't go up with you?

Jose
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It's funny -- you described my life almost perfectly (I.E.: Kids,
business, wife, billion-hour work-weeks, no time) -- yet we fly a couple
of times per week.

How much would you have flown if your wife didn't go up with you?

Which begs the question: How can you be married to someone with whom you
can't share the passion for flight?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Which begs the question: How can you be married to someone with whom you
can't share the passion for flight?

This of course reminds me of the oldie... "I had to choose between my
wife and my airplane. Gee, I'm going to miss her."

As to your question, very easily. Did you get married before you
learned to fly? What happens if you get bitten =afterwards=? How
powerful is love? Maybe she'll fly too (it's been known to happen)...

Jose
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As to your question, very easily. Did you get married before you learned
to fly? What happens if you get bitten =afterwards=? How powerful is
love? Maybe she'll fly too (it's been known to happen)...

No, we were married ten years before I was able to muster the wherewithal to
get my ticket. But Mary knew my love of aviation, and had attended Oshkosh
(and been just as enamored with it as I) with me 13 times by then.

She likes motorcycles (had her own bike, till the kids came along), rock and
roll, and good beer, too. AND she works 70 hour weeks at the inn,
essentially without pay.

Yes, I know -- I'm a very lucky guy!

:-)

But I know way too many guys at the airport who fly despite -- rather than
with -- their family. It's one of the saddest aspects of GA.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

But I know way too many guys at the airport who fly despite -- rather than
with -- their family. It's one of the saddest aspects of GA.

That describes *all* the local pilots I know. There are a couple of
"regulars" that I see at the airport most weekends and a few semi-regulars I
see once in a while. I've never seen any of their wives.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Which begs the question: How can you be married to someone with whom you
can't share the passion for flight?

Why does it beg the question? Lots of people have spouses who don't share
every one of their passions (including the passion of flying), and they have
long and happy marriages too.

As usual, you continue to make the mistake of thinking that everyone is just
like you, and should live their lives just like you live yours. IMHO, this
is what's wrong with your political outlook, and it's what's wrong with your
opinions about who is or is not a pilot and why.

It's true, there's a lot of similarities from one human being to another.
But there are numerous differences as well, some quite dramatic. And they
are simply differences; not good, not bad, just different.

Pete

As usual, you continue to make the mistake of thinking that everyone is
just like you, and should live their lives just like you live yours.
IMHO, this is what's wrong with your political outlook, and it's what's
wrong with your opinions about who is or is not a pilot and why.

Well, Pete, I see a lot of misery and scary things in the world today -- and
(although I have my ups and downs) I am generally living a very enjoyable
life, and having a great time doing it. I would like to be able to share
my love of aviation, and Mary and I do everything possible to see that
people who stay at our inn get the chance to go for a ride in a small plane.
It's a money-losing proposition, but it's what we are all about.

The world could do a lot worse than to "live lives just like mine"...

I am also constantly searching for ways to expand GA for the entirely
selfish reason that if we don't grow it, it will continue to wither. I've
got maybe 20 good years of flying left in me, and I want to make sure that
I've got a place to keep my plane, and some airports to land at. If we
can figure out why so many people start -- and quit -- pilot training,
perhaps we can counter the downward trend somehow?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

The world could do a lot worse than to "live lives just like mine"...

.... but they would have to "be just like you" in order to enjoy "lives
just like yours". A lot of people very different from you enjoy lives
very different from yours, lives you could not countenance.

Jose
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The world could do a lot worse than to "live lives just like mine"...

... but they would have to "be just like you" in order to enjoy "lives
just like yours". A lot of people very different from you enjoy lives
very different from yours, lives you could not countenance.

Well, so long as they aren't hurting others, I say let 'em enjoy life...

We only get one chance at this life, as far as I can tell, so we might as
well have a good time while we're here!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Well, so long as they aren't hurting others, I say let 'em enjoy life...

Right. And that life doesn't include flying.

It's not that flying is "no fun", it'a that it's "no fun for them" - the
activity is not a good match for the individual. And we are all
individuals. It's not like flying is so wondeful in and of itself that
everyone should love it (and it's incomprehensible why people don't) but
rather, that, just like with women, the one I love may not be a good
match for you, and v.v.

Jose
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