"HE started it ...I "got outta control" "
"HE started it ...I "got outta control" "
I love reading these responses. I really admire the guys who not only picked a good spouse, but also care what she will think and try to make decisions that both will enjoy.
DITTO CAMMIE
It all comes down to picking the right spouse in the first place I think. I need one who can reign me in once in awhile.
YEP ..that goes for me too!
For TEAM TOEVS ... in 2010 we were soon to be empty nesters & wondering what to do with our extra time freed up "after parenting duties" .... Jim had been a PPSEL many years before we met ... a car accident in 1978 and establishing his business ... put continued flying on hold ...... fast fwds past marriage raising family .....on a visit to his friends large wheat, hay, & trucking business in Sth Australia ... he saw one of the brothers flying a cute(& crazy) homebuilt rotorcraft .... having fun while checking fences ,watertanks, dropping mouse bait in the wheat fields!
FJ .announced he'd like to take up gyro flying ... so we both spent hours together online reading up researching & watching too many terrifying crash videos!
I was excited for him to have a passionate interest in something outside of work!
I had always wanted to fly ... from a very small child ... although a "fear-of-heights", lack of passion for spam-can flying and many other life-interest passions had suppressed the idea!
For the first 2 years ... my role was supportive spouse ... then I had my first lesson / gyro flight in August 2011 :whoo: ... I'd found MY WINGS!!! :rapture:
It's been an incredible 5.5 years ( my rollercoaster journey is well documented on this forum) ..... Exciting & rewarding - more for me than Jim ... but its been a special time with a shared passion for these amazing machines ...AND most of all the super gyro community and a whole new group of very dear friends! :yo:
Looking at our gyro peers ...seems like the spousal support goes from zero to full-on!
It's GREAT to see more couples coming on board together ... I think of the few gyro-flying couples like Dick & Carol Degraw , Greg & Steph Gremminger ... and the newer ones ..such as us, you Cammie, & most recently - Stephen & Terry in LA .....(apologies to the other gyro flying couples who slipped my mind ...as i type this)
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:hail: .. to you all!