rvanstory
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After my dads passing, my mom remarried about 3 years ago. Her husband is a veteran and worked as an aircraft mechanic in the air force for 37 years! He loves airplanes! Surprisingly, in all that time of working on airplanes, he has NEVER had the chance to fly in a small aircraft or to take the control stick of one. He's 6'7" and because of his height, the air force wouldn't let him in cockpit of a jet with a pilot. His head would hit the canopy and his knees would be in the way in the event of a needed evacuation. The smallest plane he's ever flown in was a DC-3. So, flying an airplane has been on his bucket list for a long time.
Wednesday I had the privilege of giving him his first ride in a small airplane!! It's not easy for an 81 year old that's 6'7" to get into an RV-10. But gravity was our friend and guess what.... HE FIT!!! His legs could get under the control panel and his head didn't hit the cabin top! So, off we went!
We flew about 40 minutes around the caprock in Post, TX. He took the controls and flew the plane with some turns as well as straight and level. He LOVED it! Now he gets to check that off his list. After the flight, gravity was not our friend, but he was able to get out of the plane and has had a huge RV grin ever since! What an honor to be able to give this gift to one of our veterans! I LOVE flying RV's!!!
Wednesday I had the privilege of giving him his first ride in a small airplane!! It's not easy for an 81 year old that's 6'7" to get into an RV-10. But gravity was our friend and guess what.... HE FIT!!! His legs could get under the control panel and his head didn't hit the cabin top! So, off we went!
We flew about 40 minutes around the caprock in Post, TX. He took the controls and flew the plane with some turns as well as straight and level. He LOVED it! Now he gets to check that off his list. After the flight, gravity was not our friend, but he was able to get out of the plane and has had a huge RV grin ever since! What an honor to be able to give this gift to one of our veterans! I LOVE flying RV's!!!
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