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From: Jim Sower <canarder@frontiernet.net>
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Kevin,
When I had my [most recent] power failure Milene stayed reasonably calm 
( mostly oblivious to what was going on) and dutifully looked for 
country roads with no power lines next to them.  Wasn't until much later 
she wanted to know why I was so interest in telephone lines when 
important things - like the engine trying to quit - were going on (I 
blew a little smoke :-).  Another time, when I first got my Long EZ, we 
had a particularly dicey takeoff in IL.  I couldn't make the trees off 
the end of the runway, but about 3 deg left of centerline there was a 
gap in the tree line.  While I was shooting the gap and biting large 
holes in the seat cushion, she was chiming in with "... Ohhhh Honey!! 
... do you see that momma bird feeding her little babies right over 
there? ....  Isn't that preeeeecious !? ..."
Ya gotta' love her  ... Jim  S.

kevin lane wrote:

> Jim - you're lucky.  On a recent flight I was told that they weren't 
> receiving my transponder.  My wife reached down, pulled up the 
> antennae wire and innocently asked, "is this supposed to be connected 
> to anything?".  In all fairness though, she didn't freak when we lost 
> all our electrical power as the battery hit 8 volts (yes, having one 
> archaic mag can make sense!). "oh, look honey, there's an airport" 
> (RNO! good thing I had maintained lots of altitude).  So, don't teach 
> her too much, she'll never fly with you :-)
>
>> The best fuel monitor of all is wife unit who wants crew 
>> responsibilities. 
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