At last, the truth...

Jay Honeck wrote:
My vision will continue to deteriorate. My blood pressure -- recently
brought under control through weight loss -- will continue its inexorable
upward climb. There will be no escaping the final defeat, and my flying
*will* cease.

You mean you would let a little thing like not having a current medical
stop you from flying? Damn... Must be a Yankee thing... In Texas, we
have a RIGHT to fly and don't need no stinkin' *license*... Our RIGHT
to fly is a sub-clause of the 2nd Amendment and as such was guaranteed
by Samuel Colt...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:qudMe.253023$x96.6077@attbi_s72...
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?

WANTED: Looking for a woman with a plane of any age -- woman must be over
18. Please send picture of plane.

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
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?

Light aircraft owner/pilots are very rare birds; those with spouses who
like to fly are vanishingly scarce.

You have hit on a prime reason why more families don't fly: most women
actively dislike the activity. The don''t like the noise, they don't
like the cramped quarters, they don't like wearing headsets, they don't
like all the tech-y stuff, and they resent the large bite it takes out
of discretionary funds. Most of all, it frightens them: they understand
that it is dangerous, and, since any personal gratification they get
from their partner's flying is minimal, their enthusiasm for it is
understandably nil.

Your situation is extremely unusual, Jay. You know this, of course, so
one might almost think you are simply bragging.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:

TheÂ*don'tÂ*likeÂ*theÂ*noise,Â*

My wife used to play in a rock band.

theyÂ*don't
like the cramped quarters,

My wife is small.

they don't like wearing headsets,

My wife has a comfortable headset.

they don't
like all the tech-y stuff,

My wife has an MS in computer science.

and they resent the large bite it takes out
of discretionary funds.Â*Â*

My wife also has a degree from Wharton, so spending money isn't scary.

MostÂ*ofÂ*all,Â*itÂ*frightensÂ*them:Â*theyÂ*unders tand
that it is dangerous, and, since any personal gratification they get
from their partner's flying is minimal,

My wife likes to travel quickly.

their enthusiasm for it is
understandably nil.

Your situation is extremely unusual, Jay.Â*Â*YouÂ*knowÂ*this,Â*ofÂ*course,Â*so
one might almost think you are simply bragging.

Thanks for the opportunity grin.

BTW, a fair number of women attend our MAPA meetings. Most are "in"
aviation in one way or another (ie. FBO owner, pilot, instructor, etc.). I
recall a presentation with one husband/wife pilot duo describing some
interesting mechanical problems they'd experienced, and a woman pilot
describing her flight across the US (with some incredible photographs).

Another presentation was a woman describing how to carry non-pilot
passengers. She'd started as a non-pilot passenger (with some pilot
friend), and ended up a CFI. I only wish she'd spent less time on how to
make passengers comfortable and more on how to hook them on flying grin.

It's a small sample, true, but I'd not go so far as to say that "wives don't
like flying". If nothing else, we should be asking what the husbands think
of their aviating spouses.

- Andrew

Andrew Gideon wrote:
It's a small sample, true, but I'd not go so far as to say that "wives don't
like flying". If nothing else, we should be asking what the husbands think
of their aviating spouses.

I have only ever met one woman who flew when her husband/boyfriend didn't.
And she was having an affair with a guy with a Pitts.

Tina Marie
--
http://www.tripacerdriver.com "...One of the main causes
of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way
to indicate successful termination of their C programs." (Robert Firth)

Tina Marie wrote:
I have only ever met one woman who flew when her husband/boyfriend didn't.
And she was having an affair with a guy with a Pitts.

See, it just goes to show you that you don't have to have a lot of money
to fly a Pitts.
All you need is something of value to trade for stick time. ;-))

I have only ever met one woman who flew when her husband/boyfriend
didn't. And she was having an affair with a guy with a Pitts.

See, it just goes to show you that you don't have to have a lot of money
to fly a Pitts.
All you need is something of value to trade for stick time. ;-))

God, that is SOO bad...

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

Andrew Gideon wrote:

It's a small sample, true, but I'd not go so far as to say that "wives don't
like flying".

Dan said "most women." He's right.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:57:10 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

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

My wife becomes, or can become physically ill in several ways when
flying. Is it no surprise flying isn't her favorite thing to do? Yet
she encouraged me to get my license knowing that she would not be able
to participate much. She also hasn't discouraged my efforts at
building an airplane and in return I tried hard not to ignor the
family while building.

But since she really doesn't want to go places in a small airplane and
barely tolerates flying in the big busses, I'm wondering why I'm
building now.

The weather prevents flying on numerous days around here and even when
it's benign, it's often so hazy that flying isn't much fun. Getting
instrument rated is out of the question because it's too expensive and
I would have to rent that much more to stay current, all to fly in
weather that's no fun flying in anyway, or at least no fun for the
passengers.

So perhaps the sport ticket is the way to go, at least for me anyway.
I'd like to finish the homebuilt, but the cost of finishing it is
beginning to look daunting.

Corky Scott

wrote:

My wife becomes, or can become physically ill in several ways when
flying.

Ditto here.

I'd like to finish the homebuilt, but the cost of finishing it is
beginning to look daunting.

Good luck with it anyway.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.