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Old 03-16-2010, 08:47 PM
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A few days back a gentleman contacted me out of the blue and said someone told him to get in touch with me. I asked him how I could help him. He said he was in charge of a boys scout troop and this month was aviation month. He asked me if I could show my plane to the troop. After talking it over with my wife, we agreed to host the troop. My wife and I don?t have kids and don?t have friends with small kids. So we are not used to everything that is involved.

So today I purchased 2 boxes of girls scout cookies and some refreshments. We put everything out on the table. Shortly afterwards the doorbell rings. They were here. They walked into the house and I gave them a choice. You can have snacks now or later however, no snack allowed in the garage. The adults said garage first. As we walked down the hallway everyone was in single file line behind me. I opened the door and as each kid came through the door and saw ?Dilemma? (my plane), they let out the coolest ?WOOOOOWWWWW?. Every single one of them. You could see the excitement on their faces. I answered many questions that only kids would ask. I let them sit in the front seat and closed the ?hatch? or canopy for us aviation types. I showed them how to use clecoes and how I made fiberglass parts out of foam and play-dough.

After the tour was over they presented me with a card. They placed it on my wall. The only thing between me and playtime were snacks. They demolished the cookies like little piranhas.

This experience took me straight back to my childhood. During my six grade graduation, I promised everyone in attendance that I would one day build an airplane. Been chasing that dream every since. A few pics of the visit from today.





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Old 03-16-2010, 08:51 PM
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Forgot these.

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Old 03-16-2010, 09:09 PM
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Axel,
What a great experience! I would love to host a group like that. Kudos to you and your wife. You may have planted some seeds that may take years to blossom, but they're there nonetheless. Thanks for sharing the experience with us.
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Old 03-16-2010, 09:11 PM
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The best of my 470 hours in my 6A was giving Young Eagle rides, you'll love it. That is why I ultimately opted to build a 4 instead of a 3, Young Eagles and as Smokey calls them LGIB. BTW, I can appreciate the questions asked by the kids. When I was a firefighter, I gave stop, drop and roll classes to preschoolers. One time I was telling them "what to do when the smoke detectors goes off". They said don't you mean "when the smoke detector comes on"? I was stymied and speechless. Their teacher just laughed at me.
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Old 03-17-2010, 07:00 AM
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My very first airplane ride was in a 152 (probably) as part of aviation merit badge as a young boy scout. I've never forgotten it. You definitely did some good work with those kids.
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Old 03-17-2010, 07:36 AM
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Default Tew cewl <g>...Axel....

....and thanks. My uncle gave me my first 'ride' in his Tri-Pacer in Rhodesia when I was about 12.

Axel, you may just have started another one on his way to being an ag pilot

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Old 03-17-2010, 10:05 AM
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Hosting those kids was a very cool thing to do Axel! You made an impact on all of them for a long time to come. I too had my first aviation experience as a Boy Scout working on the aviation merit badge. As a former Scoutmaster, the joy is finding things that "click" with each one of the boys, and I guarantee you did that for at least 1 of them!
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Old 03-17-2010, 10:33 AM
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Very cool, Axel! You done good. Inspiring...
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Old 03-17-2010, 11:50 AM
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Axel, That's a great story and better than anything I remember doing as a cub scout.
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Old 03-17-2010, 12:07 PM
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Great job and thanks for sharing, very inspiring.
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