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I concur! "To Live a Life that is Worthwhile, We must Not Restrict Ourselves to Perfectly Safe Endeavours..." As such, I took up paragliding last year. Might I be killed or injured doing so? Yep. You need not be a "risk taker", just a good "risk manager"... know your limits, watch your weather, your equipment, etc...flying, be it in a paraglider, an Ercoupe, or a 777 is not especially dangerous if done with care and RESPECT for the element we operate in (air), for keeping your equipment in good working order, and for keeping your head on straight! Failure to respect any of those elements WILL bite you, no matter what you are flying! Driving drunk and fast is not a good combination... flying safely and soberly doesn't scare me HALF as much as driving some of the Idaho highways where the OTHER guy is likely to kill you! Fly safe, have fun, live your life, "don't worry, be happy"... "-) John >>> Georgia Trehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/16/02 07:22PM >>> ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > You become determined not to let fear take over your life. > I agree completely. Besides there are no 100% guarantees except for the one that assures us that we will all die eventually. My CFI got ticked off at me because I went for a ride with an 83 year old pilot in his T-6. My CFI said, "The pilot could have dropped dead. You could have both died. You don't know enough to land that plane by yourself and he doesn't fly high enough for you to bail out even if you had the nerve to jump." What my CFI said is true and I thought it over before I went up with the senior gentleman. I weighed the costs and benefits and I decided that even if we didn't make it back it would be worth it. Nothing bad happened and it was a wonderful flight. Not only has the pilot been flying continuously since he was a young man, he flew T-6s and several other planes off carriers in WWII. And if that isn't enough, he not only flew these fantastic planes, he was an instructor and taught other guys how to do it too. To be able to fly in one of the real planes (yeah, I know it's "just" a trainer) with one of the real guys who was actually there was a fantasy come true. I would not have passed it up for anything. Spook ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ====================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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