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Rides today - have to share
RAS'ers -
today our glider field was visited by my Grandma, and two sets of my Great Aunts and Uncles (her sister and brother and their husband/ wife). Took granny and the two great uncles flying. Grandma has been excited for a glider ride ever since I started flying and has always enjoed hearing of my flights. Took them up in the old 2-22 and discovered that winds above 1000 AGL were howling. got to fly backwards while indicating 45 mph. Grandma, even though being legally blind, really enjoyed the flight and the view. She mentioned that the next time she wants to fly a glider on a cross country flight that that "sounds like fun". so watch this space for a great story, probably next spring, of the cherokee taking his grandma on a cross country flight in a club 2-22. I cant wait. |
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On Sep 30, 5:52 pm, Shirl wrote:
wrote: today our glider field was visited by my Grandma, and two sets of my Great Aunts and Uncles (her sister and brother and their husband/ wife). Took granny and the two great uncles flying. Grandma has been excited for a glider ride ever since I started flying and has always enjoed hearing of my flights. Took them up in the old 2-22 and discovered that winds above 1000 AGL were howling. got to fly backwards while indicating 45 mph. Grandma, even though being legally blind, really enjoyed the flight and the view. She mentioned that the next time she wants to fly a glider on a cross country flight that that "sounds like fun". so watch this space for a great story, probably next spring, of the cherokee taking his grandma on a cross country flight in a club 2-22. I cant wait. Great story. You are *so* fortunate that (a) they are here to see you fly, and (b) they want to share the experience WITH you. I hope you got some photos. I wish I could have shared the experience with my parents. Mom's parting words to me, a week before she died, were the inspiration for learning to fly, a year later in a 2-33. yep i got a nice picture of the 4 of us in front of the 22 after we tied it down. Grandma also had a classic quote then. As I was tying it down she says "When do we take the wings off???" I explained that we keep the club gliders assembled and she was, I think, genuinely dissapointed as she wanted to see how it worked. I tried to save grace by at least showing her my dissassembled cherokee but I dont think she will be happy until she is in a field with me somewhere derigging. |
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My 90 year old Mom keeps asking me "Are you still doing the flying
thing?". When I say yes, she gets a worried look and says, "I wish you wouldn't do that sigh." I think that she just can't get her head around the whole no engine thing. Of course, neither can a power parachute friend of mine. I even get strange looks from straight power airplane guys ... "How do you do that?" |
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Since I started flying power the last few years my mom likes to tell
her friends, "I used to worry because he didn't have an engine. Now I worry because he DOES!" MM On Oct 1, 4:49 pm, ContestID67 wrote: My 90 year old Mom keeps asking me "Are you still doing the flying thing?". When I say yes, she gets a worried look and says, "I wish you wouldn't do that sigh." I think that she just can't get her head around the whole no engine thing. Of course, neither can a power parachute friend of mine. I even get strange looks from straight power airplane guys ... "How do you do that?" |
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On Oct 1, 11:16 pm, wrote:
Since I started flying power the last few years my mom likes to tell her friends, "I used to worry because he didn't have an engine. Now I worry because he DOES!" MM On Oct 1, 4:49 pm, ContestID67 wrote: My 90 year old Mom keeps asking me "Are you still doing the flying thing?". When I say yes, she gets a worried look and says, "I wish you wouldn't do that sigh." I think that she just can't get her head around the whole no engine thing. Of course, neither can a power parachute friend of mine. I even get strange looks from straight power airplane guys ... "How do you do that?" plus the classic line about homebuilt aircraft: "Well my chocolate chip cookies are homemade too but I dont take them up to 5000 feet!" |
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