LettersFromFlyoverCountry
Well Known Member
If you read the Sport Aviation profile on me last month, you know that I have a twin brother who singlehandedly made aviation possible for me.
Now that I've built an RV, he deserves a ride.
But there's a problem, he's well over 300 pounds.
This picture, posted on EAA's Facebook page today, caught my eye because here's a large guy working on a light airplane that he probably won't be able to fly (although maybe he will).
And it leads me to wonder if anyone else has been in the situation of wanting terribly to give a severely overweight person a ride, and having to say "you're too obese." Or, in my case, is there a nice way to encourage them to lose enough weight to be able to fly?
And did it work?
Now that I've built an RV, he deserves a ride.
But there's a problem, he's well over 300 pounds.
This picture, posted on EAA's Facebook page today, caught my eye because here's a large guy working on a light airplane that he probably won't be able to fly (although maybe he will).
And it leads me to wonder if anyone else has been in the situation of wanting terribly to give a severely overweight person a ride, and having to say "you're too obese." Or, in my case, is there a nice way to encourage them to lose enough weight to be able to fly?
And did it work?