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Nice!!!
This is the type of story that makes it all worth the trouble!!!! Great job, Doug.
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He spent many hours in my Super Viking bombing around the open ag land west of Fresno. Now he is 17, graduating from high school, and working hard to earn money to finish his PPL. You can not start them too young! |
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Doug et al., don't let that stop you. Keep 'em comin'. I'm a sentimental fool! |
Flying with my kids is the best. In fact, son (15) and I flew back home yesterday after a trip to see Iron Maiden play in Tampa. Bruce flew for over an hour. (There is a trip write up and pictures coming soon).
I did notice, however, that shoulder room is now getting a bit tight now with this young man. Wasn't like that a couple years ago. :rolleyes: |
Great story Doug. I hope your son carries on with flying and enjoys all the wonderful things this pastime has to offer.
Thanks again for creating VAF so we can all share in such stories.:) |
Great story, DR!
Loved the part about the echos. I'm betting that Danny King was down at the Blue Hangar mimicking you to make the echos. ;)
When our son was a munchkin -- probably about 7 or 8 years old, I used to take him up in my little Grumman Yankee. He'd sit on a booster seat and enjoyed taking the controls as soon as I told him it was his time. Unfortunately, however, we found out early (and often) that he didn't handle motion very well. Anything but straight and level seemed to turn him green. ![]() Now, he's on his second tour in Afghanistan. As a Marine infantry company XO, he has more administrative duties than direct combat, and also has more time to stay in touch. He can't wait to finish this tour and get back here to go flying in Smokey again! Doug, keep taking him up and enjoying those early mornings. They do indeed grow up fast ... |
Envious
I'm envious. It's not always that way with the kids. I have three; none of them with the slightest interest in flying.
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I've been blessed with three kids, but my two boys have little to no interest in aviation, and the eldest is very susceptible to motion sickness. The youngest guy only likes it when the turbulence is so bad that I want to land like right now!
Stuck in between the boys is my daughter. She's a girl in every respect, pink, lace and perfume. But she's always been willing to spend time with her dad at the hangar and has proven herself to be an excellent mechanic's helper. Despite being an excellent navigator she, too, isn't an avid flyer . Or so I thought. A few weeks ago she was reviewing her university acceptances for next fall, slowly working her way through the selection process. I glanced over her shoulder at her checklist of points for and against the universities from which she's received letters of acceptance. What a pleasant surprise it was to find near the top of her checklist a neat one-liner... "Airport nearby." It looks like she's planning on Dad being willing to act as an air taxi service. Do you hear me complaining? Nope! |
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