Every once in a while, we get an opportunity to promote general aviation, or just to expose someone to our preferred mode of travel. Some of us do that with structured familiarization flights, like those organized by the EAA. Others, like me, just take those opportunities as they arise.
And one arose not too long ago. I was visiting a friend; call him Chuck. Chuck is a pilot and an airplane owner, but unfortunately lost his medical. He has a friend—call her Pat—who is one of those rare souls who’d never been on an airplane. Pat is an educated, successful professional whose employment just never required travel.
