[Jims5543]

Joe -

When I was 17 and worked as a lineman at Brookhaven Airport on Long Island I got the chance to go up in our Rental Bellanca Citabria with an inverted fuel system.

The pilot was an WWII fighter pilot that flew for the German Air Force. His son was a pilot too but a moron and I would never go up with him even if it was in a Warrior. But the Dad? Yeah, he was very talented and very safe.

He took me up and out over the Atlantic for some rolls, loops, etc.. It was a blast! I never had so much fun in my life.

I agree if your taking someone up just to scare them = stupid. But if you tell them what you want to do with them and they agree they want to experiance it, whats the problem with that?

BTW - I went up right seat a few times in the Warrior, we would take 2 up at the end of the day on Saturday when the boss was not there and play dog fight over the ocean. They would take turns chasing each other. In hindsight it was really dangerous and we should have been killed but to a 17 y/o this was the coolest thing ever.