You Call Yourself a Fan?

If it were up to me; no one would be allowed to touch the controls of an airplane unless they were in love with aviation. I never knew there was such a thing as pilots who didn’t love to fly. I just assumed if you went through all the trouble it takes with learning to fly, you must be infatuated with flying. Not everyone is! It is a crazy thought to me but there are many out there who view flying only as a way to travel somewhere faster, or a profitable way to make a living.

Want to know who they are?

Easy, just follow these simple steps.

1. Observe the potential poser on a busy day at the airport.

2. Wait for an aircraft to either fly overhead or taxi by, it does not matter what kind of aircraft it is.  It just needs to be able to be heard.

3. See if they stop what they are doing and look up at what is passing by.

If they do not look up, you have spotted one!

Best way to test this theory? Try it on yourself.   See if you can resist watching an aircraft, no matter what it is, pass by without looking up. Be it the rattiest Cessna 172, 747 or P-51 if you can’t stop yourself from looking up as it passes by, you know you’re in love with aviation.

Anyone encounter these types before? Feel free to share your stories.