#51 - Who Needs A Barf Bag, But Did You Die, 54 Yr Old Mom Learning To Fly

#51 - Who Needs A Barf Bag, But Did You Die, 54 Yr Old Mom Learning To Fly

Author: Mindy and Kevin Lindheim July 8, 2026 Duration: 56:20

Mindy & Kevin share anonymous aviation stories! In this episode they hear how a flight was canceled from Vegas back to California, so they hopped in a rental car and made the drive…. unfortunately the listeners wife gets car sick and barfed many times along the route. They hear a how sometimes you may get paired with a bad instructor, this instructor knowingly took off overweight with four people in a C182 and barely cleared the buildings at the end of the runway, when they landing the instructor said… but did you die. Finally they were asked advice on how a later in life mom can get over her anxiety of flying solo.

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