Taking your mates up!
Now that I've shown some of them the brown book, and we've had a couple of nice days recently, I'm getting hassled more than ever to take mates flying.
It's something I've given great thought to over the past winter months, and a prospect that excites me. However, it's also worrying.
My line of thought is that even my friends who I've been close to for 8 years plus (i.e. through school together) - and I would say I know very well, still haven't been flying in a light aircraft before, and how can I know how they'll react.
I fly a Warrior, but should I take 3 friends at once?
I'd be really interested to hear all your stories of those initial few trips taking non-flyers up with you. Good / nasty experiences, and your thoughts about letting some of them hold the yoke for a while at a safe height etc...
Just a thought to bear in mind, I'm 18, so they are all around that age too. They are all a sensible bunch, trust me, the stupids ones won't be getting anywhere near anything I'm flying!
Thanks!
FJW.
[ 18 February 2002: Message edited by: Fast Jet Wannabe ]</p>