Ros the Aviator!

Well she finally did it!
Last Christmas I bought Ros (my wife) a trial flying lesson. After one disappointment in May (near her birthday) because of the weather she re-arranged it for last Saturday.
We looked at the weather, phoned the night before, and were told to take a chance and come. When we got there cloud base was about 3,500ft with a few minor showers and we thought maybe the whole thing would be called off again. But the instructress said we would fly!
We went through all the preliminaries in the office and went out to the aircraft, a small, four-seat Piper. We did all the pre-flight checks and we were on our way.
Ros took to it like she had been flying all her life!
She got the hang of level flight in no time and was soon doing turns, ascent, descent as if she had been practising for years. Far better than I ever did on my first lesson.
Just like me when we finished she could not help the grin of sheer exhilaration and pleasure on her face.
Soon I hope to add some photos of the event but for now all I can say is that she can't wait to go up again!
Probably the best present I have ever given her.