My wife is on the Solo committee for the local SCCA region. Through her work she met a man and they ended up talking about autocross. One of the topics that came up was a lack of good sites in our area. He happened to own Charleston Helicopters and would be glad to take her up for a couple of hours looking for sites. She got to spend this morning tooling around Charleston in a helicopter. Naturally I had to work today.
In all honesty, I've ridden in one once. I spent the whole time thinking about the $6 clevis that was keeping the thing from falling out of the sky. I just don't trust the machinery. Made it kind of hard to enjoy the view.
you don't trust the machinery? the dude took your wife out on a date and your worried about trusting the machinery?
In reply to plance1:
That, I'm not worried about.
plance1 wrote:
you don't trust the machinery? the dude took your wife out on a date and your worried about trusting the machinery?
HAHAHA!! I almost wet myself reading that.
Yeah, that dude is hitting on your wife. Next thing he'll say is "I think we should study these auto-X video's in my velour bean-bag chair.
clevis is up to $6 now... geezoi 
I know the feeling. I got an offer from a co-worker to take me & my boys up in a vintage tail-dragger. The boys got to ride first but it got too dark for my turn. I changed jobs before I got another chance...., BTW, I talked to your wife the other day (in a "Solo Committee" kinda way) about doing a combined event with our region. 
djsilver wrote:
I know the feeling. I got an offer from a co-worker to take me & my boys up in a vintage tail-dragger. The boys got to ride first but it got too dark for my turn. I changed jobs before I got another chance...., BTW, I talked to your wife the other day (in a "Solo Committe" kinda way) about doing a combined event with our region.
a "combined event" eh? Is that what the kids call it these days?
bluej
Dork
2/9/12 10:51 p.m.
irish44j wrote:
djsilver wrote:
I know the feeling. I got an offer from a co-worker to take me & my boys up in a vintage tail-dragger. The boys got to ride first but it got too dark for my turn. I changed jobs before I got another chance...., BTW, I talked to your wife the other day (in a "Solo Committe" kinda way) about doing a combined event with our region.
a "combined event" eh? Is that what the kids call it these days?
the more cones to play with, the better.
This thread is worthless without pics of the aforementioned wife. 
Blah, blah, blah, did she find a site?
Dan
THis reminds me of a bad joke...
Q: What is the difference between a blonde and a helicopter?
A: A lot of guys have never been in a helicopter.
This thread is gold. I honestly can't top the comments already made, so I'll just bask in the glory of them.
Oh, I got one!
bluej wrote:
the more cones to play with, the better.
That's what she said? Budum tsh!
Ok, I guess I started this so I'll try and get it under control. I don't have a picture of ToyMan's wife but I'll share a picture of mine ;-)
pigeon
SuperDork
2/10/12 12:34 p.m.
She's a good looker! Just see how far she's looking ahead!
AutoXR
HalfDork
2/10/12 12:41 p.m.
The kids call him "New dad"
I bet when he landed the pilot looked like this..
Hope they torqued the Jesus nut correctly.
In reply to 914Driver:
She found a couple of possibilities and was able to mark them on her GPS.
The rest of you sick bastards I'll ignore. 
