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CHAPTER CHATTER, EAA Chapter 78 2

Video: Tips to flying with a nervous passenger Quiz: The Wright Flyer

Lyle Townsend posted this video Dec. 15, 2017, of How much do you know about the first successful,
powered, heavier-than-air flight?
his flight with his new friend Crystal, who is a self-
admitted nervous flyer. She reached out to Lyle on
Instagram and asked if pilots are willing to take
“scaredy cats” up flying in small airplanes.

The only correct answer to this question is
“ABSOLUTELY!” Lyle says.

In the video, we see how she handles being in the
air in the Piper Cherokee 140. He tries several
methods to make her less nervous, but he says
that “all that matters is that we successfully convey
our passion for aviation to the unassuming general
public by displaying our highest professionalism,
no matter what stage in flying we are in.” Your Alternator Just Failed. Now What?

WHAT US TAX BILL MEANS FOR This Is What All These Markings Mean-Every
GENERAL AVIATION WWII Aviation Buff Should Know READ MORE

Tax reform legislation passed by the House
and Senate December 20, 2017 includes
several changes for aircraft owners and
general aviation businesses.

The bill, which was signed by President
Donald Trump in late 2017, would lower five of
the seven personal tax brackets, cut the
corporate rate from 35 percent to 21 percent,
and make a number of changes to business
and personal deductions… READ MORE