X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 10 [X] Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao08.cox.net ([68.230.241.31] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTP id 1661625 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:30:04 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.31; envelope-from=dale.r@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao08.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.03 201-2131-130-104-20060516) with ESMTP id <20061210232917.NISO16632.fed1rmmtao08.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:29:17 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([68.2.134.48]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id xBUf1V00W12ovmC0000000; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:28:40 -0500 Message-ID: <457C984B.6090204@cox.net> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:29:15 -0700 From: Dale Rogers Reply-To: dale.r@cox.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Spousal support References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wendell,

   Pre-flight, my wife was ~very~ skeptical.  Her previous impressions
of GA aircraft were set by a ride in a neighbor's 172 20+ years ago.
She described is as feeling like it was going to rattle itself apart -
hence her definite lack of enthusiasm for my project.

   The COZY flight was a totally different experience for her, even
though she was in the back seat, right in front of Marc's IO360.  I
expect she'll be even more impressed from the right seat ahead of a
rotary.(when I finally get everything together and working - sigh).

Dale R.

My wife would reluctantly fly in a Cessna years ago (claims afraid of 
heights for her excuse), but like Ed put it, flying is not her thing, 
 it is the complete unwillingness to even ask a question about it or discuss it in the
 least is what is so disheartening.  But she lets me spend a little money on it so I 
should be happy with that I guess.

Wendell
 

Hang in there Wendell,
 
My wife was about as "enthusiastic" about my project as yours.  She did come around a bit, when neighbor hood women commented on "how smart" her husband must be to build his own airplane {:>).  She eventually helped buck some rivets in places where I simply could not reach.  She does not, has not and probably will not fly with me in it.  No concern about safety - just flying is not her thing. 
 
But, fortunately, she does not mind me attending flying ins or spending time at the hangar.  So while at times, I think it would be nice is she flew with me, at least I can enjoy my hobby.
 
Ed
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 10:43 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Spousal support

Wendell,

   Has your wife ridden in a like aircraft?  No   My wife had a "do your own
thing" attitude about mine until the last Copperstate  Fly-In, when I
managed to snag a ride for her (& me, too) in a COZY (Thank you
Marc.)  She's actually showing some enthusiasm for me completing
the project now.  

Dale R.