(Ekim) wrote in message . com...
Just a funny little story...

I was landing a C172 the other day with the family aboard. We were on
final with a pretty decent cross wind from the right. I dipped the
right wing down a little, maintained track with opposite rudder,
touched down right main first, etc... You know, just the standard,
every day, boring, low-wing-into-the-wind approach. Turned out to be a
smooth & straight landing. As I was rolling out, the following
conversation with my wife ensued:

Me: "How's that for a nice landing, Heh?"
Wife: "Not bad, considering we helped."
Me: (confused) "You helped??"
Wife: "Yeah, obviously you had trouble keeping the wings level, so we
were leaning to the left."

I can't make this crap up.

I've had some "help" on a night crosswind landing before. My
passenger got a little nervous about the banked landing and
instinctively "stepped on the brakes" when the main gear touched.
What he actually did was give me full right rudder into the right
crosswind. Made for an interesting rollout, to say the least.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)