Taking my wife up for the first time

"Morgans" wrote in message
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Most would say that it is a good thing to not use words like "dangerous"
while in the plane, until there is a ongoing, real time situation. Other
things can be said to get the point across, without fear. Like, "There is
a
lot going on in the pattern, so I will be at my peak concentration, and
not
interacting with you very much." Much more confidence inspiring. :-) Use
the positive, and not the negative.
--
Jim in NC


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Yeah that's what I told her, I didn't use the word dangerous: I told her
that in the pattern things get VERY busy and I need to talk on the radio
frequently and listen to it.

Also: my briefings to my wife are done on the ground. Not in the air. By the
time we are up I don't want to have to explain too much. She should already
know the basics she needs to know for that flight.

The word "Dangerous" related to a pattern is only in my head.

--
Marco Rispoli - NJ, USA / PP-ASEL
My on-line aviation community - http://www.thepilotlounge.com

"Marco Rispoli" wrote in message .net...
For the first time last week, on Sunday evening I took my wife up with me in
the Piper 180 at Central Jersey.

I have to confess that I was a lot more scared than she was. In fact she was
COMPLETELY indifferent to the point of annoyance.

I on the other hand was utterly terrified.

I mean, what if the engine quits? Oh I can maneuver that thing on the ground
a probably land it in a field (PLENTY of fields around Central Jersey) but
... my wife is in it with me. I can't bear the thought of her going down
with the plane and me.


Delightful story, Marco. I've been there. We want to protect the
family we love but we want to push farther into the sky we love. It
can be a dilemma.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

"HECTOP" wrote in message . ..
"Marco Rispoli" wrote in message
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most guys are actually concerned with taking her down for the first time...

HECTOP
PP-ASEL-IA
http://www.maxho.com
maxho_at_maxho.com

LOL!! Bravo!!! Bravo!!!!

"John Clear" wrote in message
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In article ,
Marco Rispoli wrote:

I wonder what the FAR have to say about "topless-flying" ... hehe

Not original to me:

http://www.panix.com/~jac/aviation/mhc.html

LOL! No way! Wouldn't that be fun calling FBOs. "Hi, um...well, I've got
my instrument and commercial and I was looking into getting my Mile High
Club Rating....no, seriously. Hello? Hello?"

-gattman
PP/SEL IFR&MHCR-in-training

In article ,
gatt wrote:

I wonder what the FAR have to say about "topless-flying" ... hehe
http://www.panix.com/~jac/aviation/mhc.html

LOL! No way! Wouldn't that be fun calling FBOs. "Hi, um...well, I've got
my instrument and commercial and I was looking into getting my Mile High
Club Rating....no, seriously. Hello? Hello?"

-gattman
PP/SEL IFR&MHCR-in-training

Be careful who you choose for an instructor. Not all have the MHC
add-on rating, and student/instructor compatibility becomes much
more important...

John
--
John Clear - http://www.panix.com/~jac

The Weiss Family wrote:

In 50 hours of flying that plane, I never once had to touch the volume on
the radio. I didn't even think of it.

I put an hour or two on my aircraft with the transponder squawking
I-don't-remember-what once after getting the transponder checked. My avionics tech
set it to something, and it was a long time before I noticed it wasn't 1200.

George Patterson
I childproofed my house, but they *still* get in.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Marco Rispoli wrote:

I do a radio check and the lady at the school answers with "I hear you
loud
and clear Marco".

Get used to it. Half the time somebody says "Hello George" when I announce
on
approach, and I haven't been based there for years. Not much danger that
they'll
start calling you "Tennessee", though. :-)

The correct form of shortening a callsign here in the UK is
to use the G and the last two letters. So for my plane, G-DOGG,
it would be Golf Golf Golf (yes, a mouthful, I know!). Anyway,
I learned to fly in the US. When I was flying in the club at Cardiff
the planes I flew most often were a couple of Tomahawks, one
with the reg G-BNUY and one G-BSVY. Whenever I flew one
of those, the guys in ATC (I think it was just J.C.) would, because
of my US training, shorten my callsing to just "Yankee".

Paul

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Marco Rispoli" wrote

As soon as I hit the 45 my brain goes in overdrive and
nothing else exists other than the pattern, the radio and the plane.

I knew this was going to happen. So I told her before-hand that in the
pattern I have to pay attention to traffic cause it's a dangerous area.

Most would say that it is a good thing to not use words like "dangerous"
while in the plane

"Sorry, I have to concentrate, this is the difficult bit which I'm
not very good at."

Paul

"gatt" wrote in message
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One time in college I took a date up over the campus and she promptly
decided she wanted to try flying in a plane topless. Whatdayado?!

Saw a T-shirt at Crystel River airport in Florida for sale.
It was red and had white writing: "Remove before flight".

Paul

"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message
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"gatt" wrote in message
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One time in college I took a date up over the campus and she promptly
decided she wanted to try flying in a plane topless. Whatdayado?!

Saw a T-shirt at Crystel River airport in Florida for sale.
It was red and had white writing: "Remove before flight".

Crystal River.

And from another post of mine I've just read, "callsign" not "callsing".

Comes of typing while lying on my bed.

Paul