I took my first girlfriend flying about 2 weeks after I got my PPL. I was also 17 and we both enjoyed it. I normally don't take girls flying any more unless we've been dating a little while. Dave S took my girlfriend Becca flying last year at Gastons.....she liked the King Air!
We've heard you're into moose these days. Girls have to wait.
I lived in Bethel. The available women there.... uh... you are better off with a moose....
. If doesn't matter if you have a 172 or a Beech Baron, if she's not into you, the flying will certainly not impress period. Boats always work. Never understood the motorcycle thing either. The girlfriend asks to go riding on the bike more than in a plane. I don't get it. I bought the bike cause I loved it and it saves on gas going to work(thats just an excuse to ride it more). But that is when I am up front, can't imagine riding on the back is very fun but she loves it.
Boats are much better in this regard.
The one that really shocks me is motorcycles. Imagine for a day that you are a woman. I could think of nothing worse in this world (except for quadruple root canals, perhaps) than to sit at the back of a midlife-crisis Harley, holding on for dear life and with no forward vision as my pudgy husband roars down the freeway chasing some dream. Yet, you see them clutching on at the back all the time on motorcycle rides. And even smiling. It's beyond me. You couldn't pay me enough money to do that. If a Harley needs riding (and this could be contended), I'll be doing the riding up front.
the owner and operator of something impressive. A plane with a real cabin where she can enjoy a glass of champagne and be spoilt and treated like the lady that she is. A plane that is fast, pressurized and can fly her above most of the weather and get her quickly to the destination she wants to go to such as Aspen not some nasty $100 hamburger joint, and allow her to arrive in style.![brian]](/community/data/avatars/m/21/21096.jpg?1456258959){kind=avatar}
Seems to me there are three categories of pilots here:
1. First one the chauffeur. Flies somebody else's plane for a living. They even wear a uniform. NOT IMPRESSIVE! Not going to score boasting about being an underpaid bus driver/chauffeur/glorified taxi driver.
2. Second one the owner or renter of a smelly 35 year old pile o' junk as described by Stratobee. This is going to be a total turn off to a woman not interested in flying!
3. Third one and seriously under represented here other than yours truly soon
brian];1538519 said:
at most they will think "its cute" and maybe you will get some mercy you-know-what. Did you?
But then they don't love you for being a pilot but a pilot with money. So you might as well not even bother becoming a pilot.
Non-pilots, women and men, only care about flying to get somewhere fun, the flying part isn't usually the attraction for non-pilots. Seems to me there are three categories of pilots here:
1. First one the chauffeur. Flies somebody else's plane for a living. They even wear a uniform. NOT IMPRESSIVE! Not going to score boasting about being an underpaid bus driver/chauffeur/glorified taxi driver.
2. Second one the owner or renter of a smelly 35 year old pile o' junk as described by Stratobee. This is going to be a total turn off to a woman not interested in flying!
3. Third one and seriously under represented here other than yours truly soon
Everything Stratobee said is pretty true. Hit the nail on the head with the epaulettes
3. Third one and seriously under represented here other than yours truly soon
However, we just celebrated 41 years, so I think it is safe to say that flying hasn't chased her away. She really likes the fact that we can fly across the state in just over 2 hours, rather than the 5 1/2 to 6 hour drive.
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Based at Collegedale. Mark still half owner over there at Dallas Bay? Cool dude he. We were based there for a while, nice place to learn to fly.
And yes, I know you were having fun about the girl thing. Thread divergence can be quite entertaining here, you'll see.
LoL
Depends on your mission.