Girls and flying -- an interesting experience with the Kiwi

In article hQyhh.290$_X.130@bigfe9, rod wrote:

Did either of the two boys try it? Or were they afraid of being shown up by
the girl super-pilot.

What has been the group's experience with letting non-pilot passengers
fly? In my experience, the women are much better then the guys.

The guys tend to over control trying to keep it straight and level,
and fail miserably. The women tend to use more finesse, and do a
good job of keeping it straight and level, and can usually manage
turns with just some verbal coaching.

I took three friends up recently, a couple and another male friend
who is a frequent passenger of mine, but isn't a comfortable flyer.
When the boyfriend was flying, the guy in back asked me to take
over after about two minutes due to the overcontrolling/etc. On
the way back from lunch, the girlfriend flew for fifteen minutes
with no problem and no complaints from the uncomfortable flyer.

On another flight, a vegetarian female friend of mine flew about
half the trip down to Harris Ranch. She was so smooth on the
controls, she made me look bad. :/

John
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John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

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In article hQyhh.290$_X.130@bigfe9, rod wrote:

Did either of the two boys try it? Or were they afraid of being shown up
by
the girl super-pilot.

What has been the group's experience with letting non-pilot passengers
fly? In my experience, the women are much better then the guys.


Females are generally better than males the first time at most things that
both have seen done in movies. I used to be the senior range master at a
shooting club and would work with new people wanting to shoot competition
pistol. 9 out of 10 men had to unlearn things that women didn't. The only
problem with women was getting them over that first shot.

John Clear writes:

What has been the group's experience with letting non-pilot passengers
fly? In my experience, the women are much better then the guys.

The guys tend to over control trying to keep it straight and level,
and fail miserably. The women tend to use more finesse, and do a
good job of keeping it straight and level, and can usually manage
turns with just some verbal coaching.

My guess is that men tend to favor action, even overreaction, whereas
women tend to favor caution. Since aircraft controls are presumably
quite responsive from the viewpoint of a non-pilot, women would
logically tend to fly better, as they'd be more cautious about moving
the controls and more likely to see what they do before making any
rash movements.

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John Clear wrote:
In article hQyhh.290$_X.130@bigfe9, rod wrote:

Did either of the two boys try it? Or were they afraid of being shown up by
the girl super-pilot.


What has been the group's experience with letting non-pilot passengers
fly? In my experience, the women are much better then the guys.

The guys tend to over control trying to keep it straight and level,
and fail miserably. The women tend to use more finesse, and do a
good job of keeping it straight and level, and can usually manage
turns with just some verbal coaching.

I took three friends up recently, a couple and another male friend
who is a frequent passenger of mine, but isn't a comfortable flyer.
When the boyfriend was flying, the guy in back asked me to take
over after about two minutes due to the overcontrolling/etc. On
the way back from lunch, the girlfriend flew for fifteen minutes
with no problem and no complaints from the uncomfortable flyer.

On another flight, a vegetarian female friend of mine flew about
half the trip down to Harris Ranch. She was so smooth on the
controls, she made me look bad. :/

John

Several years ago I gave my wife for a present NSCAR driving lessons at
Texas Motor Speedway. She drove the track for 8 laps nearing 150mph.
(Said she didn't blink the entire time). The instructor said the women
were better drivers as they didn't have anything to 'prove' on the track.

--

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI

John Clear wrote:

The guys tend to over control trying to keep it straight and level,
and fail miserably. The women tend to use more finesse, and do a
good job of keeping it straight and level, and can usually manage
turns with just some verbal coaching.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

Back in my rock climbing days the same was true. I helped as an
assistant instructor with the Colorado Mountain Club. Guys tended to
try and muscle up the rock, while the gals used footwork and, like you
say, finesse. They learned much more quickly, since footwork and
balance mean a lot more than Rambo-style muscling in rock climbing.

I'm not sure if that's true of young kids though, since both sexes are
still relatively equal in muscle strength. When I've taken younger kids
flying both boys and girls did a good job.

Interesting story: a lady here runs a local flight school. Recently one
of her students was a tackle on one of the local high school teams.
6'5", 310 lbs. Didn't fit in one of her Tomahawks so he learned in an
Archer. She said he was clumsy as hell during preflight and once
accidentally ripped off the pitot tube with his head (not an easy thing
to do on an Archer) trying to get under the wing to sump the wing tank.


But, once he was settled in the cockpit he was a baby on the controls.
Did a good job.

So, there are exceptions to every rule. :)

--Walt