Comments on: Going Flying with the Missus http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/28/going-flying-with-the-missus/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bou http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/28/going-flying-with-the-missus/comment-page-1/#comment-464112 Bou Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:05:12 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12649#comment-464112 That right bank fall into the door, left bank fall into someone makes sense. I hadn't thought of it that way... the fear of falling giving way to the fear of flying. I think you boiled it down to its basics. I look forward to when my children are grown and moved on. I love them, I love us as a family, but I'm looking forward to all the things my husband and I can do when they have moved onto living independently. I don't view it as a life ending experience when my kids move out, but as a whole new adventure. What a great way to spend Black Friday! That right bank fall into the door, left bank fall into someone makes sense. I hadn’t thought of it that way… the fear of falling giving way to the fear of flying. I think you boiled it down to its basics.

I look forward to when my children are grown and moved on. I love them, I love us as a family, but I’m looking forward to all the things my husband and I can do when they have moved onto living independently. I don’t view it as a life ending experience when my kids move out, but as a whole new adventure.

What a great way to spend Black Friday!

]]> By: Yabu http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/28/going-flying-with-the-missus/comment-page-1/#comment-464104 Yabu Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:36:24 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12649#comment-464104 Oh hell yes. I don't drive the plane, but the first time my woman flew was when we took off for the Caribbean on our honeymoon. She is a country girl, and she was amazed. Never flown before...she was smiling like you wouldn't believe...not scared at all...just taking it all in. Anyway, she had the "ear problem", and all she said was, "I can't hear a word you're saying". Anyway, her uncle flew F-86's over Korea, and he taught her how to alleviate the pressure...after that, she was good to go. We've flown all over the planet. US Coast to Coast, Europe, Iceland, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, Canada, Wherever. You should have seen her during her first helicopter ride. She said, "we're not moving". Bwahahahah!!! Oh hell yes. I don’t drive the plane, but the first time my woman flew was when we took off for the Caribbean on our honeymoon. She is a country girl, and she was amazed. Never flown before…she was smiling like you wouldn’t believe…not scared at all…just taking it all in. Anyway, she had the “ear problem”, and all she said was, “I can’t hear a word you’re saying”.

Anyway, her uncle flew F-86′s over Korea, and he taught her how to alleviate the pressure…after that, she was good to go. We’ve flown all over the planet. US Coast to Coast, Europe, Iceland, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, Canada, Wherever. You should have seen her during her first helicopter ride. She said, “we’re not moving”. Bwahahahah!!!

]]> By: G-man http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/28/going-flying-with-the-missus/comment-page-1/#comment-464094 G-man Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:03:27 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12649#comment-464094 SteveH Concur. was 31 years for our 2nd trip together as well. With last child a senior in college we figured it was time. first one in a C-172 over Columbia SC at twilight with me and 60 hrs. 2nd one in a Lance 5400 hrs later. her comment? "I like the one with the wing on top so I can see below better". Ta heck with leather seats, Garmin GPS nav, another 50 kts, and actually being able to haul stuff and talking baggage. SteveH
Concur. was 31 years for our 2nd trip together as well. With last child a senior in college we figured it was time. first one in a C-172 over Columbia SC at twilight with me and 60 hrs. 2nd one in a Lance 5400 hrs later. her comment? “I like the one with the wing on top so I can see below better”. Ta heck with leather seats, Garmin GPS nav, another 50 kts, and actually being able to haul stuff and talking baggage.

]]> By: MaxDamage http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/28/going-flying-with-the-missus/comment-page-1/#comment-464070 MaxDamage Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:14:36 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12649#comment-464070 This reminds me of a commercial BMW made some years ago. Two middle-aged people on a motorcycle, he starting to gray, she looking a bit younger but still well above 30. The screen shows the sparks off the exhaust as he leans the bike around a twisty mountain road. 20 seconds of sparks, shots of the couple, sparks... Voice-over: "20 years of marriage and she's holding me as tight as ever." Share your passions. They won't me mutual, but they do lead to understanding. - Max This reminds me of a commercial BMW made some years ago. Two middle-aged people on a motorcycle, he starting to gray, she looking a bit younger but still well above 30. The screen shows the sparks off the exhaust as he leans the bike around a twisty mountain road. 20 seconds of sparks, shots of the couple, sparks…

Voice-over: “20 years of marriage and she’s holding me as tight as ever.”

Share your passions. They won’t me mutual, but they do lead to understanding.

– Max

]]> By: steveH http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/28/going-flying-with-the-missus/comment-page-1/#comment-464057 steveH Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:34:32 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12649#comment-464057 Outstanding! One of the best moments for me in the recent past was taking my wife flying last year after a 31-year hiatus. (Back then, a little turbulence and a Cessna 150 pretty much guaranteed a distinct green tinge.) Best was that this time she showed no white-knuckle tendencies at all, and even suggested future destinations, some of which we've since done. Not quite ready to take the pinch-hitters course, but there's time ahead for that, too. Glad the Hobbit had a good time. Outstanding!

One of the best moments for me in the recent past was taking my wife flying last year after a 31-year hiatus. (Back then, a little turbulence and a Cessna 150 pretty much guaranteed a distinct green tinge.)

Best was that this time she showed no white-knuckle tendencies at all, and even suggested future destinations, some of which we’ve since done. Not quite ready to take the pinch-hitters course, but there’s time ahead for that, too.

Glad the Hobbit had a good time.

]]> By: Joe in N. Calif http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/11/28/going-flying-with-the-missus/comment-page-1/#comment-464043 Joe in N. Calif Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:40:17 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=12649#comment-464043 It sounds like a wonderful day, wandering about in the air over a very pretty area. I havn't spent much time down that way since about '79. Does Oceanside still have an airport? Last I was out that way, you drove past the airport, and the junk yard to get to the shooting range (and the last time I was there a guy blew up a Garand with a hot hand load - or maybe a hot load after a squib). It sounds like a wonderful day, wandering about in the air over a very pretty area.

I havn’t spent much time down that way since about ’79. Does Oceanside still have an airport? Last I was out that way, you drove past the airport, and the junk yard to get to the shooting range (and the last time I was there a guy blew up a Garand with a hot hand load – or maybe a hot load after a squib).

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