First time passenger in a GA plane - Video

On Nov 8, 9:10*pm, "Æslop" wrote:
Got any advice on getting a reluctant wife to fly?

Divorce. JUST KIDDING of course as I have one (still do for IMC)

Not sure where you are based, but if you are in a warm climate, never
fly mid day. Always fly early morning or early evening just before
the sunset. Air is calmest then.

Why is your wife reluctant? Is it flying in general or GA planes.
Mine was due to turbulence so once I figured out the "best times to
fly" she is much more willing to fly with me knowing I am picking
times where I think she will be most comfortable. It must be severe
clear though as she did try clouds but didn't like 'em.

My wife is not a fan for night flying so I avoid it whenever
possible. If night flight is in order, it's the tail end of the
flight so it's easier to transition to.

My wife "thinks too much" on what can go wrong, but she also knows I
don't skimp on safety. Having our own plane helps a lot since
everything is familiar to her flight after flight unlike if you have
to rent various planes.

Talk things out, and NEVER say oops, crap, WTF when something is
amiss. Troubleshoot silently whenever possible. And of course, with
passengers, don't "surprise them" with any abrupt moves.

Hopefully others will chime in with other tips.

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On Nov 8, 9:10 pm, "Æslop" wrote:
Got any advice on getting a reluctant wife to fly?

Divorce. JUST KIDDING of course as I have one (still do for IMC)

I can't afford flying AND divorce. Kind of a catch-22 there :-)

Not sure where you are based, but if you are in a warm climate, never
fly mid day. Always fly early morning or early evening just before
the sunset. Air is calmest then.

Why is your wife reluctant? Is it flying in general or GA planes.

Yes. She flies "OK" on airlines. She just doesn't want to try a 182.

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On Nov 9, 7:46*pm, "Æslop" wrote:

Yes. She flies "OK" on airlines. She just doesn't want to try a 182.

This makes me curious, did she try at all or did she try and have a
bad experience with a small plane?

Seems with flying it's "all or nothing" and while perfectly normal to
have more worries on a small plane with news media broadcasting "it's
raining small planes", and not unusual for one to be hesitant, with a
good experience, usually fears do diminish (probably never go away
which is not a bad thing either!).

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On Nov 9, 7:46 pm, "Æslop" wrote:

Yes. She flies "OK" on airlines. She just doesn't want to try a 182.

This makes me curious, did she try at all or did she try and have a
bad experience with a small plane?

Seems with flying it's "all or nothing" and while perfectly normal to
have more worries on a small plane with news media broadcasting "it's
raining small planes", and not unusual for one to be hesitant, with a
good experience, usually fears do diminish (probably never go away
which is not a bad thing either!).

She went up once in a small plane a LONG time ago and was very nervous about
it and is very
reluctant to try again. I don't have a lot of details on her previous
flight. Just that she did not like it.

On Nov 11, 8:42*pm, "Æslop" wrote:

She went up once in a small plane a LONG time ago and was very nervous about
it and is very
reluctant to try again. I don't have a lot of details on her previous
flight. Just that she did not like it.

If there is no specific reason, it makes it "tough".

Only thing I can think on getting her on a GA plane is for her to have
"incentive" such as a shopping trip somewhere (getting close to Xmas),
visiting a relative for a day trip that would not be possible by car
or winning her through her stomach ($100 hamburger run).

If you do convince her, everybody's suggestions in this thread should
be seriously considered so her impression of GA would have a better
outlook.

On Nov 12, 8:19*am, " wrote:
On Nov 11, 8:42*pm, "Æslop" wrote:

She went up once in a small plane a LONG time ago and was very nervous about
it and is very
reluctant to try again. I don't have a lot of details on her previous
flight. Just that she did not like it.

If there is no specific reason, it makes it "tough".

Only thing I can think on getting her on a GA plane is for her to have
"incentive" such as a shopping trip somewhere (getting close to Xmas),
visiting a relative for a day trip that would not be possible by car
or winning her through her stomach ($100 hamburger run).

If you do convince her, everybody's suggestions in this thread should
be seriously considered so her impression of GA would have a better
outlook.

These days I think a hundred dollar hamburger is at McDonalds on the
way home after a single touch and go! Back in my dating days it never
occurred to me to offer the choice of a hamburger 150 miles away or a
great dinner 5 miles away. I had lots of distant hamburgers.

On Nov 12, 7:47*am, a wrote:

These days I think a hundred dollar hamburger is at McDonalds on the
way home after a single touch and go! *

Ain't this the truth. Even in my short 49 years of the top side of
where the green grass grows, I can remember I could get filled up on a
meal from McD's for less then a dollar. Those were the days.

Back in my dating days it never
occurred to me to offer the choice of a hamburger 150 miles away or a
great dinner 5 miles away. I had lots of distant hamburgers.- Hide quoted text -

Yep, my kinda style of dining anyway and the commute much better.

Fat ole greasy 1/2 pounder is more fullfilling then some black tie
event. At least I don't have to figure out which fork to use when
eating a hamburger! LOL

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On Nov 8, 9:10 pm, "Æslop" wrote:
Got any advice on getting a reluctant wife to fly?
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Talk things out, and NEVER say oops, crap, WTF when something is
amiss. Troubleshoot silently whenever possible. And of course, with
passengers, don't "surprise them" with any abrupt moves.

Hopefully others will chime in with other tips.

This reminds me that there is a person that may have been a pilot if it
were not for me. I had just gotten my PPSEL and my room mate at the time
wanted to go up and see what this was like. I have very few hours at the
time, probably less than 50. We went up and just did turns and straight
flight. He wanted to know what was the wildest thing you have to do to
get a license. I thought maybe it was the approach to landing stall. I
was telling him all the things I was doing and what was going to happen,
when the plane stalled just before I was to tell him the nose would
drop. He grabbed just about everything in the plane and want to go back
down immediately. I never could get him to go back up. When I got
married, I had my take lessons and she got though three solos before we
started having a family and put her lessons off. She was never afraid to
fly, but she could see no reason to go bore holes in the sky. Now, when
we used the plane to save 3 hours to travel one way to see the grand
kids, that was another story. That was OK.

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