Microlighters

Well we saw on an earlier post that most of the guys have photos of their planes in their office even over and above having of their wives.
So then do you speak to your plane when you take her out the hangar, put her back after a god flight etc?

Lets hear

Wish I had one to talk to but....I do sometimes talk to my wife.....

if i had one i would talk to it...
But i do talk to my bike, but its just not the same

Nope.

On the wife issue - ('n still bek is n heel bek" as they say in the Klassics

If shouting "Oh F%&# what the F#$#@##@ F#$#% was that?" when hearing a funny noise counts, then yes - I do.

I will rather not elaborate on the affection Big D gives his aerie when we get to the field for the first time... I walk outside and ask him to call me when they are done!

Do you talk to your plane?

Only during the flare.

Yep, I do, especially if the wx is a bit bad / lots of thermic activity ect! It doesn't seem to work though, she never wants to listen - typical!!!

I talk to myself , I talk to my PAX, I talk to fellow aviators on the radio , now where must I find time to talk to the aerie?

Call me what you like: Sometimes, before I close the hangar doors, I give her a kiss in the spinner. Yes, I talk to my plane. Bloody hell, she`s been mine for 25 years!!!!!! AND I know every nut and bolt in this aerie, including the nuts and bolts in her engine. Overhauled her myself.

Boet, mooi was mos nog nooit lelik nie - she's a beauty :D

Arnulf:

Only during the flare.

And I thought I was the only one!

when doing beach landings, on soft sand, battling to get going on the take off, i have been heard to say FLY BITCH!!!

DH wrote

I will rather not elaborate on the affection Big D gives his aerie when we get to the field for the first time... I walk outside and ask him to call me when they are done!

Yes, it is true. I do talk to my plane - But what "My Precious" and I have is special, OK

Only during the mating season....

When striking a bad patch of wind-shear, I used to say something like "what the %&*@ was that?............I never, ever got a reply from my trike..........just the reassuring drone of the trusty Rotax!