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jimbell78 12-20-2008 02:06 AM

Starting early (7 days old)
 
My wife and I just had our first baby, a little girl. This was her first adventure into Dad's shop.



panhandler1956 12-20-2008 03:21 AM

Count me in.
 
Here is some of mine:

Sydney (almost 8 in this photo) is in charge of cleco's:



Mary insert rivets (almost 4 in this photo). She has her finger on a rivet and I use the squeezer to set it.



Mitchel runs the gun (13 in this photo):

jmbrwn 12-20-2008 08:47 AM

This is a pic of my son, Thomas, helping with the build. He's 10 yrs old. He's been a tremendous asset, and I couldn't have built the wings without him. Waiting for fuselage delivery now.:D We've already planned a warbird paint scheme with his name on one side of canopy and mine on other.:)




Wicked Stick 12-20-2008 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jarhead (Post 282500)
Man, I can't wait to add something worthwhile to this thread!
One piece of the puzzle is due to arrive late in February... and the other piece is on the FedEx truck as of this afternoon...

Hey, Congrats on both. Hope both packages are delivered in good health.
Especially the Feb. one ;)


Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbell78 (Post 282512)

Jim, looks like your beautiful baby wins hands down for the youngest helper ! :)

Mike S 12-20-2008 12:54 PM

Welcome !!!!
 
Jim, welcome to you and the family.

Glad to have you aboard.

Congrats on your baby, and the first post.

OneCharlieKilo 12-21-2008 01:59 AM

another future RV pilot
 
My kids were about 3 and 6 years old when I started my -6A project. By the time of first flight we had added another one; now ages 12, 15, and 18. So they don't really know what life is like without an airplane project in the garage (or house for the years we didn't have a garage...). Family is one of the reasons this project took me so long, and I wouldn't change a thing.

Here's my son checking on progress during wing construction many years ago (he has done a lot of flying with me, including some Cessna 140 airplane camping, and definitely wants to get his license and fly this plane, but I haven't convinced his sisters yet - by the way, the Cessna 140 trips did slow my RV progress as well but the memories we share were worth it and again, I wouldn't change a thing):



You can see in the picture above that the wing construction was one of those phases without a garage - that airplane shop was a bedroom in the house we lived in at that time.

And the picture below, taken just after my first flight on 25 October 2008, shows my now much taller/bigger son with his little sister (she's younger than the tail section of my RV):



Airplane building I hope will be a great retirement activity for me someday but for those still raising a family, take heart - it can be done (slowly) without completely giving up your family time!

N427EF 12-21-2008 04:56 PM

Riveteer, Buckeneer and supervisor
 
http://picasaweb.google.com/ErnstFre...y=oaCXaAr7SBY#


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