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03-18-2007, 01:55 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | Fatherhood fun So I took my son down to the CAF museum where I volunteer today for the 3 F's (Friends, Food and Flying). We had an after hours BBQ for the food part. We arrived about 12:45 and were wandering about, catching up with some folks and just enjoying the day. My friend Bob happens to see us wandering the ramp and asks if we want to take a flight 'round the patch'. No arm twisting for me! Jacob said he wanted to fly, so Bob and I got him strapped in the back of the Cessna 180 and we cheated gravity for about 30-35 minutes. It was the first time my son has ever flown, and he loved it! It's times like these that being a dad totally rocks! To be able to share my life's passion with Jacob, and he "gets it". The missus was a little upset about it, but in the end she had a gleam in her eye with her semi-frown. Deep down, she knew I wouldn't do anything dangerous and if I had any inkling it wouldn't be safe, I wouldn't do it. Here are some shots from a day of smooth air.
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03-18-2007, 01:58 AM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| Very Cool Eric!!!!
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03-18-2007, 02:26 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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| Thats fantastic! I first flew when i was about 5 although it was in a 747  Last year though my folks paid for a flight in a tiger moth  |
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03-18-2007, 02:43 AM
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| Minister of Whoopass  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Really awesome Eric, I remember those days, first helo ride, fisrt plane ride, first hockey game, firing a gun, rollercoaster ride..... I miss those days..... Relish them...
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03-18-2007, 06:17 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
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03-18-2007, 06:39 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2003
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 | Great stuff Erich! i still remember a lot of the first times i did things, although in a way i wish i'd done more things first time when i was younger so i could relish them more, provide him with as many oppertunities as possible!
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03-18-2007, 09:13 AM
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| Der Crewchief  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Great stuff Eric! Those are the things that your son will allways remember and tell his children about! Keep up the good work!
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03-18-2007, 02:55 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winnipeg
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| Very cool Eric, you have a cute little boy there.
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03-18-2007, 04:47 PM
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| aka Dickcheese  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Good times.
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03-18-2007, 04:52 PM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| And you got him a ride in a 180 - a "real man's plane."
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03-18-2007, 05:42 PM
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| the old Sage  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere
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| what a hoot ! did he ask if he could fly the craft ? / wait till he gets into sports man, I remember the time too many years ago as my son is a grownup now, but when he went out for the elementary tackle football. the helmet and clothes were all over sized for the guys, but he did well and I was screaming, the other parents thought I was weird. I told them to get stuffed.......
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03-18-2007, 09:52 PM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 Thanks guys, it was a memory that neither Jacob, nor I will soon forget. The real funny part about that is that when I was talking to Bob, he said that he got his first flight at about that age. Then he said "I didn't really like it". I laughed and said "And look at you now!". He owns that airplane and runs an FOB in Colorado now.
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03-19-2007, 02:12 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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 | Cool Eric, best time to start when you are young. I flew before I was 1 although it was a jumbo, my first flight in a small aircraft was much later with the smallest being the Grob I did Aero's in last year.
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03-20-2007, 07:26 AM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| Awesome, Evanglider! brought back alot of memeories. I grew up near a small airport and my father always had us over there. A few years agao they had a fly-in at the same airport and I took my twelve year old up and the pilot let him take the controls for a little ...just as we flew over our house! I took a photo with him flying and out the windshield you can see our home. He loved it! If i can scan the pic I'll post. But your pics are just too cool and its something he nor you can ever forget. Love those times! |
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03-20-2007, 11:43 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC
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| How cute, Eric. Shoulda kicked out a couple of spins and made him puke!
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