Is this a problem?
I have held a PPL since 1980 which is prior to meeting my wife. We have been married for 25 years and in all this time she has never flown with me or expressed a whish to do so, if fact the very oposite.
But whilst indifferent to me when I return home with tales of dairing do and greased 3 pointer landings in the cub, I find she oftain talks to her friends regarding my latest exploit and I think she is thankfull that I do not follow the more usual hobbies of her friends husbands and partners as this gives her a topic of conversation!
Stuart
She's getting even with you. When I started flying (same year as you incidentally), I used to love to brag about it. Then I got sick, at dinner parties, of talking about it: "yes, it's safe. My plane flies at 110 knots. Umm, let's see, about 200 km/h. No, I don't wear a parachute. How far? Let's see about 5 and a half hours endurance, times 200, about 1000 km. No, I don't talk to a control tower all the time, my home base is uncontrolled. Yes, that exists, airports without control towers. Yes, it is safe. No I really don't worry about not having a parachute..." and on and on. Same speech, different party.
So I learned to shut up about it, except that my wife (who actively dislikes my flying but she's a fine gal otherwise...), now says nearly first thing at a party, that I fly so once again: "yes, it's safe. My plane flies at 110 knots. Umm, let's see, about 200 km/h. No, I don't wear a parachute. How far? Let's see about 5 and a half hours endurance, times 200, about 1000 km. No, I don't talk to a control tower all the time, my home base is uncontrolled. Yes, that exists, airports without control towers. Yes, it is safe. No I really don't worry about not having a parachute...".
I'm sure it's to get even for spending our hard earned cash on a spam can
