LettersFromFlyoverCountry
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So I'm working the Minnesota Public Radio booth at the Minnesota State Fair ("Our state fair is a great state fair") yesterday, when a guy who follows me online comes up and says "what does a guy have to do to get a ride in your airplane?"
"He has to ask," I replied.
"Is that it?" he said.
"That's it."
A co-worker took me aside later and said, "don't you worry about giving rides to strangers?"
And I don't. Too much.
I did run into a guy at the airport a month or so ago who I didn't know and when he was oogling the plane, I said, "let's go."
He was waiting for his son who was volunteering over at the Commemorative Air Force, so I was pretty sure he wasn't some suicidal or homicidal maniac.
But, of course, you can never be sure and I do admit to thinking once while letting a guy have a little stick time, "he could crash us real quicklike."
On the other hand, I think this is the best outreach we can do for general aviation and is a logical extension of the "kids at the airport fence."
But still..... you know?