I know we've all done it - the "free flights", the EAA kids, etc... Thought I would start a thread about it.
This morning I was about to leave KXWA (Williston ND) for home, and they were running behind because someone called in sick and it was the middle of their freight push coming in, my plane wasn't fueled and the lineboy was sweating it pretty hard. I was talking to Tricia at the counter at Overland Aviation about it, telling her it was not a big deal, I had time, etc. She got the freight guys in and got me fueled, and I remember the 19-yr old kid was drooling over my plane a few days before when I came in, so I asked her if she had time for him to take a break now. She agreed that it was a good time, and I offered to take him up before I flew home - he is a new PPL and flies a 150 out of there, we spent a half-hour demo in my 9A and the kid lit up like Christmas. I remember the feeling, been there and done that, it felt good feeding that spark.
This morning I was about to leave KXWA (Williston ND) for home, and they were running behind because someone called in sick and it was the middle of their freight push coming in, my plane wasn't fueled and the lineboy was sweating it pretty hard. I was talking to Tricia at the counter at Overland Aviation about it, telling her it was not a big deal, I had time, etc. She got the freight guys in and got me fueled, and I remember the 19-yr old kid was drooling over my plane a few days before when I came in, so I asked her if she had time for him to take a break now. She agreed that it was a good time, and I offered to take him up before I flew home - he is a new PPL and flies a 150 out of there, we spent a half-hour demo in my 9A and the kid lit up like Christmas. I remember the feeling, been there and done that, it felt good feeding that spark.
