So I married myself a horse girl a few years ago. I enjoy riding, and she enjoys going up in planes, so it seems to work out. I notice more and more that these two worlds seem to collide. It also makes people think we are much richer than we are (we just don't spend money on anything else).

I was curious if any of you out there also mix airplanes with the equine world...

Four horses, (three dogs), one airplane. Similar collision of worlds here too. Wrong ratios though and definitely not rich. This is as good a way as any to get less rich I guess.

Vet bills, farrier bills, feed bills, annuals, overhauls, hangar fees... and they think you're rich?

PilotRPI wrote:I was curious if any of you out there also mix airplanes with the equine world...

Yep, I flew my father-in-law's Maule out to a friends farm and landed in the field out front of the house. My boys then spent some time riding my friend's horses before we flew home for dinner. We mix equine and aviation from time to time causing some to assume that I am rich. I really cannot deny that I am a rich man...in friendships, opportunities, and blessings.



Rob mixes the two from time to time as well...

Yep. Three worlds that collide quite often: Airplane, 3 Horses and 2 4-Wheelers. They all seem to want to go to the same type of places at the same time.

Well in the strange genetic mix. I have 2 sons. One is a horse person - Team roper. The other is like me. Airplanes bikes, old trucks. Anything mechanical.

Yep.... 6 yes 6 horses, 4 Snowmobiles and an Airplane......... soon to be less one horse, Key to survival is pasture (free is best) for the pony's to keep the feed cost down and being very good friends with the local Power sports toy store to get the best deals.... and a bunch of

We only have the one horse at the moment, plus a cat and a lab-mix we are probably going to adopt (currently fostering). I know more horses are in our future, as we would both like a bomb-proof horse for trailrides. Of course we agree that before we get another horse, I get to add my first plane to the stable...err hanger.

Yah, we're hit too.... 3 saddle horses, 8 Clydesdales, 2 Percherons, 3 airplanes (all apart at this time, of course) and a bunch of other things to take any spare change we might find..... It's kind of an OCD thing, I think... Like my wife says, I no longer have a hangar...it's a "carriage and wagon house".







John

I keep the airplanes, granny keeps the horses. Not sure who ends up spending more

Yep, 4 horses, one plane, and one helicopter. Life is good! Everytime I start thinking about a boat, I look at my vet bills.
I get over right quick.
Dave

Five horses and two airplanes, all for off road use. The connection for us is the freedom and adventure both offer. Our house is on 6 acres directly under the downwind leg of runway 34. It's nice to watch the planes fly over while feeding the horses or flying over while watching the horses being fed! It's all good.

Three horses, one plane.
To keep the vet bills down took vet classes.
The plane squeezed out the horses, so to keep the maint. bills down I got my A&P.
To pay for fuel and hopefully get some horses some day I became a professional pilot.
Now I need a job so I can afford to be a professional pilot

Did that for several years but wife finally decided SouthEast Alaska and horses made a bad mix so she let them go.

Now it is boats, snowmachines, four wheelers, and my plane. Never enough time or money. I am now a slave to my toys

Two horses, two planes.

Need to get rid of one of each. Find that I'm always out with the favorite.........of each.

Flynengr

One horse, two mules, one donkey. Dexter cattle.

See you at Mule Days in fabulous Bishop, CA over memorial day weekend!

had four,Horses that is, at one point... Raised and showed Morgans... couldn't figure out how to fit any of em in the damn Maule so we now have None,,,Horses that is....have two Harleys instead.. you only feed them when you use them... Horses gotta eat all the time and I can ride one of the Harleys to the airport...

guycole wrote:One horse, two mules, one donkey. Dexter cattle.

See you at Mule Days in fabulous Bishop, CA over memorial day weekend!

So you're a mule rider, eh? Don't know if you ever heard of her, but my aunt was a big-time mule rider back in the 70's & 80's-- Eva Taylor from Port Townsend WA, riding Hugo. She attended Mule Days in Bishop several times, also rode multiple times in the Tevis Cup & several other 100-mile endurance rides as well as in a big 1976 bicentenial cross-country ride-- literally from coast to coast.

So you're a mule rider, eh? Don't know if you ever heard of her, but my aunt was a big-time mule rider back in the 70's & 80's-- Eva Taylor from Port Townsend WA, riding Hugo. She attended Mule Days in Bishop several times, also rode multiple times in the Tevis Cup & several other 100-mile endurance rides as well as in a big 1976 bicentenial cross-country ride-- literally from coast to coast.

I don't know about Eva, but the wife might. Those are some excellent events, we like endurance down here. Haven't done anything in a while, thanks to work.

I would have liked to do a C2C ride, or even just a week or two of one.

Here are my two girls. One likes to wear riding helmets, the other likes to wear hats. She has a good picture wearing a Santa hat somewhere. Life out west sounds better and better to me. Room for a plane and a couple of horses. My wife now refers to this as the plane and pony forum. Guess she's not far off.