I have found that female friends are far more likely to:
a) Turn up in the first place
b) Enjoy the experience
One of the unmarried members of our group has remarkable success in finding very personable young ladies who want to fly with him. Must find out how he does it!
Re family members
My wife has for many years been scared of flying, needs hand holding in a 747-400. Took her in the back of a 172 in the USA a few years ago with me and an instructor in the front on a sightseeing trip over a friend's house in Cape Cod. She did not like it.
However she went with me in the Luscombe to Kemble yesterday and says she is now cured of her fear of flying! She reckons it's sitting in the front with a cushion and a good view. Maybe she was claustrophobic in the back of the 172 and appreciated an exit all to herself!
My 16 year old daughter has been up a few times but lost interest. She also seems to have a pathalogical inability to recognise when she's one wing low. She now wants me to teach her to drive the car......... aaaargh!
Mike