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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.
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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): ![]() |
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.:)
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Welcome !!!!
Jim, welcome to you and the family.
Glad to have you aboard. Congrats on your baby, and the first post. |
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! |
Riveteer, Buckeneer and supervisor
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