Let's face it. We all do our best to make sure our flights, are safe and uneventful. Therefore BORING. Everyone that flies with me falls asleep. EVERYONE. Droning along, hour after hour is boring, sometimes even for the pilot, and we have stuff to do.
Unless you are doing acro, flying is not exciting, and that is what younger people want. For the most part if things get exciting in a GA airplane, something is going terribly wrong!
I respectfully disagree....
I have been flying for 35 years... I get excited just driving to the airport... When I pass the gate my excitement level grows.... Opening the hangar door starts my heart beating faster... Pulling the plane out and all throughout the preflight is like foreplay to sex.... The excitement builds and then... I get IN.....
Once the engine starts and the smell of 100LL hits my nose I am completely intoxicated with aviation... Getting ATIS, adjusting all the settings just ramps up my heart rate.. Once the brakes release and I am headed to the taxiway, and then the runway I slowly get into the zone....
On the takeoff roll I am completely relaxed and focused on the sights, smells, vibrations and the shear sensation of flight.... Rotate, wheels up and....... From then on it is an absolute delight. If I am going cross county, I am thinking 100 miles down range.. If I am just out for a local romp, I am thinking of the next turn, climb, decent, watching for traffic and birds and ultimate part/orgasm is looking down at the ground pass by and think of all the people who have never flown a plane and I silently wish they all could experience the glorious feeling us pilots get....
On landing I get the plane slowed down and my heart rate starts to climb again and as I taxi up to the hangar and as I go through the shut down checklist, reality starts to reappear in my mind and I get this silly grin on my face knowing I just defeated gravity once again and I start looking forward to my next visit next to the clouds... Life is GOOD for FBH....
I have posted it before but my cheesy video explains my feeling and the lyrics pretty much mirror my inner feelings The first song expresses my take off excitement and the U turn over a snow covered hill and the next song " Going Home" just fits my emotions perfectly.......
In closing, may I say..... Flying is VERY exciting to this old country boy...
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