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Old 24th Dec 2020, 15:47
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flash8
 
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When I was 737 rated visited my then girlfriends father in Victoria (BC).

Turned out he had a Piper Arrow, and my girlfriend asked her dad if he could "take us up". Now, to be honest I have always have had a fear of SEP.... irrational I know but I was sure glad to leave the SEP world after training... so I was initially reluctant but was too polite to refuse.

So up we went, takeoff normal, until he decided during the trip to show off with "aerobatics" (perhaps he thought he was impressing me, but believe me that is the last thing I wanted).

We came so close to stalling on a number of occasions (and at low altitude) and I was not at all confident he could recover, grinning like a maniac throwing the airplane about... I was almost praying for terra firma.

By the time we reached the ground I was a blubbering wreck.... he was still grinning like a bloody maniac.

Think the old boy actually enjoyed scaring the sh*t out of me.

Girlfriend (obviously unaware how close she was to oblivion) stating "Isn't my dad so cool".
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