Aero-News Alert: Cirrus/BRS Chute Saves 4 Lives In Canada

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The wait was indeed difficult (and I questioned my sanity in dropping $15K into the local Fedex box outside of Safeway, which I still bow to whenever I go past.) Somewhere I have a thick file of glossies and magazine articles, as that's all there was to look at.

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Dave: Your wait was longer than mine. I ordered a SR20 when it was on the cover of AOPA Pilot, then changed the order to an SR22 (with a discount incentive from CD) and picked up 0148 in February of 2002.

I still drive by that Fedex box though. I have at least a thought if not a bow!

Dont't feel bad Rachel. I have been flying half of my life and my mother has never gone for a ride with me. I just do not tell her when I am flying but ALWAYS fly to visit her. Then she knows!

Rachel,

DonÂ’t worry about it too much. Almost every general aviation pilot I know has some close relative that isnÂ’t real excited about the fact that they fly small airplanes. If itÂ’s not a wife (invert the gender in your case [:)]), it might be a parent or close sibling.

The bright side in all of this is that your husband shares your interest. Count your blessings there! My grandpa, who was a “barnstormer” in the 1930’s, and then went on to be a WWII contract flight-instructor for the United States Army Air Corp/Force, all but left flying after he married my grandma who I don’t think really approved of his career. Of course, with the contraptions that filled the skies back then, maybe I shouldn’t blame her. When my dad became a pilot in the 1970s, I think my grandma took more of a “don’t ask, don’t tell” stance and pretty much avoided the subject of his flying.

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I've explained everything [emphasis mine] to my mom about the parachute but she still won't get behind my buying a plane. She's very upset at the thought of her granddaughter even flying in a light aircraft.

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You have done your part in explaining, so I think you will need to let your momÂ’s attitude come more in line with yours on her own time. Maybe you will never get her in the airplane with you (although we will all be pulling for you), but I donÂ’t think that it is unreasonable to assume that she will become much less hostile to your flying as she gets used to the idea. [:)]

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I have been flying half of my life and my mother has never gone for a ride with me.

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Brian,

My mom has graduated from "Don't tell me when you're going flying -- tell me when you've BEEN flying"... to... "I'd rather be in your plane with you flying, than in your car with you driving!". [:)]

By the way, I've been flying for about that long, too, and your mom hasn't been for a ride with me, either. [;)]

- Mike.

Maybe we are both better off!

Rachel: Like the ad says---JUST DO IT!!! [:)]

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I have been flying half of my life and my mother has never gone for a ride with me

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I got my Private in 1975 in a Cessna 150. I immediately checked out in a Cessna 172. My Mom and Dad (both now deceased) were my very first passengers, on a flight from Opa Locka to Palm Beach and back.

Their level of trust always surprised and gratified me.

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$15K for a few brochures and magazine articles? Those must have been printed on some really special glossy paper. I canÂ’t even imagine what it must have felt like to finally takeoff in your own Cirrus after waiting for so long!

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Yeah, a friend of mine was ribbing me about my "$15K newsletter." On the other hand, the base price of my SR20 was $144.5K, which after inflation adjustments and upgrade to all available options was still about $200K.The first solo flight reminded me of my first-ever solo in a 150; a definite feeling of "am I really doing this?" Let's just say that it had been rehearsed many times. ;-)

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The first solo flight reminded me of my first-ever solo in a 150; a definite feeling of "am I really doing this?" Let's just say that it had been rehearsed many times. ;-)

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Dave,

The first time I flew a Cirrus solo I honestly felt like I had to have stolen the airplane because there was no way I could be flying something this nice.[:)]