Have you ever...

Ha! I hadn't even *thought* of that, but now that you mention it...

One of Mary's uncles took us flying....
Only much later, when I began flight training, did I casually do some
checking on him, just to see what his ratings were. Imagine my
surprise when I discovered he wasn't listed as a pilot at all!

Wow. And your related to this guy. ;-) I'm never going in a plane
with you. And if you come out west please notify the FCC to put
up a NOTAM.

Your story sounds like some of the "accidents" on the NTSB website.
I put accident in quotes because any time a person without a license
goes flying and crashes it's no accident. That is expected as it
is almost intentional. Looking back I'm sure you shake your head.
I do it with this friend of a friend in Germany. He's a statistic
waiting to happen.

Gerald