[Joeaksa]

HD,

That is one thing that really pisses me off. People in light planes have a friend or family and take them up and try to show them some aerobatic maneuvers to show how good a pilot they are. You were already a pilot but still "yanking and banking" with many people does nothing but scares them.

A good pilot flies the airplane in a safe and smooth manner, not trying to see how low or close they can get. Far too often these "stunts" end up in an accident and one or more being hurt or killed. If they are lucky and nothing happens about 80% of the time the passenger ends up being so scared of flying that they never set foot in a plane again.

Years ago I flew my niece in an old WW2 airplane. After spending 30 minutes discussing all that we would do and how the plane worked we took off and just flew around the area. After 10-15 minutes I asked if she wanted to fly and she started laughing, saying that she could never do that. I let go of the controls and put my hands on my lap telling her that I was tired and unless she was going to fly that I would let the plane fly itself.

That lasted about 30 seconds and she put her hands on the controls where I then showed her gently how to go up and down, right and left. She flew until we landed and she followed me through the landing with the controls. Had a great time and she still talks about her one and only lession in flying.