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Today was one of those great RV-moments :)

Our 3 year-and-two-month old was ready for her first RV ride! And we had a blast...

The all too familiar RV grin after the flight:

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I had prepared a booster seat, which works extremely well.
It's a combination of a luggage strap, some styrofoam blocks, lots of duct tape, some zip ties (to extend the center belt of the 5-point harness) and an off-the-shelf booster seat intended for a standard table chair...

The contraption looks like this:

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and like this when installed (note the zip tie extension of the center strap):

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What doesn't work too well yet, as you'll see in the pics, is the headset situation ;-) My old DC is way too heavy for any kind of accelerated flight *G*
Any ideas/pointers for a good kids headset (short of a $1k Bose?) are highly appreciated!

Takeoff!

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Didn't go too bad it appears ;-)

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So we go for a low pass at my covid19 impacted workplace nearby (LSZH)

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Oops, that pullup was a bit too hard, where'd the headset go? ;-)

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Can't be too bad

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Still smiling...

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TBC...
 
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Before long, with that TMX-IO-360 humming along...

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Some issues with sleep stability *G* gotta figure out a solution for that...

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by the time we land, all awake again

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and finally, getting rid of the bugs

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And the best: She's already longing for the next flight...

What a fine day in the life of an RVator :)))))
 
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So envious!!!

Still figured my 4 yr old grandkids were a bit too small to see out of the 6...

Nice seat engineering!

Carl
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Good to know that we finally have some serious help for all RVs cleaning and polishing on the field ;)
Nice shots!
 
Gosh, looking at your pictures brought a tear to my heart. I remember flying with mine. They loved it. Both are grown now, married with families of their own. I miss that time when they were little. Your daughter is a beautiful little piece of magic. God bless you and her on this memorial day. Thanks for sharing.
 
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