Re: Another deposit into the "Cool Dad" bucket...

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> The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

> This may sound egotistical, but I am by far the coolest dad at my
> kid's school..

Now that was a good story.

I can just picture you daughter in school tomorrow during the lunch
break listening to the other kids bragging about what they did with
their days on fathers day.

Well we went to the farmer's market....

Well we went to the beach......

Well we went to a stock car race.....

I took my dad out for a pepsi and we flew out by helicopter.

Talk about bragging rights.

[Simon Robbins]

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> Yesterday was a big deposit into the "Cool Dad" bucket.. I took my 11
> year old daughter for a ride in a helicopter.

Man, what a cool story. Really made me smile. Sounds like you've got the
makings of a pilot in that little one.

Si

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> The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

> I quietly sneak to the instructor's station to watch.
>
> As she's landing, she's verbalizing what I'd said on the 1st landing
> and damned if she didn't set the thing down by herself!

Now some fathers would storm in and bark.... let's go.

Other fathers would keep quiet, put a **** eating grin on their faces
and enjoy the moment with pride for all it was worth.

Don't be surprised when you wake up one day and realize you have a
flying family.

Doesn't get any better than that.

[Steve R.]

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>
> As she's landing, she's verbalizing what I'd said on the 1st landing
> and damned if she didn't set the thing down by herself!
>
> She can't flay accurately and can't even come close to hitting her
> target when she lands, but she can be in the sim for an hour and not
> "crash" a single time. granted it's nothing like the real thing, but
> still it's impressive.
>
>

Be careful, Kevin, you're liable to be working for her some day! :-)

Fly Safe,
Steve R.

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> The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

> Middle daughter will never fly. She's such a girly-girl it's not even
> funny. I can see the oldest wanting to learn and my son is definitely
> interested.

Well every FBO and flying business needs a front counter person.

And if she's going to be a girly-girl then put here on the counter.

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> The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

> I'd be afriad some of those stick-jockeys might want to date her - and
> we all know how pilots really are. hehehe

Well as long as they don't want her to join the mile high club on
company time don't sweat it.

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> The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

> it's way too busy to even be thinking about sex in a helicopter.

Well you can think about it.

So has your flying schedule kinda toned and slowed down or are you
still going flat out.

So when you take your daughter or a friend out for that
four hundred dollar hamburger what do they charge you for the
helicopter rental.

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> The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:

> $185/hour for the R22.

So what does an R44 rent for and do you have any idea what something
like a bell 206 would rent for.

And I suppose I should ask if these are student prices or over the
counter prices that anyone qualified would pay to rent a machine.

[Dave in San Diego]

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> This may sound egotistical, but I am by far the coolest dad at my
> kid's school.. I go on every field trip and school event, have missed
> ONE basketball game since my daughter began playing on the team and am
> on a 1st name basis with ALL the soccer moms and school staff.. 2
> weeks ago I bought my son his 1st 4wheeler (ATV) and have been
> teaching him how to ride almost every night after work..
>
> Yesterday was a big deposit into the "Cool Dad" bucket.. I took my 11
> year old daughter for a ride in a helicopter.

I mostly lurk here, but I had to respond to this one. That is one of the
koolest stories I have read in years. The CRQ - F70 trip sounds
interesting. I live in the SD area, and have driven the trip a couple of
time, but have never flown it. As an aside, all my helo time is crew in
UH-1Ns in the 70s in Maine.

Dave in Lakeside

[Beav]

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:22:55 GMT, SHIVER ME TIMBERS
> > wrote:
>
>>> The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:
>>
>>> I quietly sneak to the instructor's station to watch.
>>>
>>> As she's landing, she's verbalizing what I'd said on the 1st landing
>>> and damned if she didn't set the thing down by herself!
>>
>>Now some fathers would storm in and bark.... let's go.
>
> I've been guilty of that at times.
>
>>Other fathers would keep quiet, put a **** eating grin on their faces
>>and enjoy the moment with pride for all it was worth.
>
> That was definitely me that afternoon..
>
>>Don't be surprised when you wake up one day and realize you have a
>>flying family.
>
> Middle daughter will never fly. She's such a girly-girl it's not even
> funny. I can see the oldest wanting to learn and my son is definitely
> interested.
>
>>Doesn't get any better than that.
>
> Nope. I'd say I got lucky with this bunch. Who needs a winning
> lottery ticket? Oh wait.. What the hell am I saying!!?? :)
>
> The best moment ever was when my 8 year old son asked me if I could
> teach him to fly some day..

One year when we were on holiday at our place in Sweden, my (then) 10 year
old son showed some interest in the RC heli's, so I connected him up to the
transmitter (in a tray around his neck) gave him the "This stick does this,
that stick does that" thing and took off with his hands covering the sticks.
Then I told him to take over anf cuk me, he bloody well did. My missus was
totally dumbfounded when I waled away from him, leavinghim flying 2 grand
worth of gear. (UK money too, it's REAL money at 2'5 dollars to the pound in
those days)

He flew in an absolutely perfect hover, landed, took off, flew up the field,
turned it round and flew it nose in back to himself, then landed (yes, I
know, ********!! , but he did and I've still got the pics the misus took on
display at home)

He didn't fly again until he was 14, when I got him a heli for Christmas
that year and by the beginning of February he was flying inverted figure
eights and inverted nose in hovers were "nothing" to him, plus he was
already walking out to help guys who were struggling to cope with their new
toys. He also flew a glider when he was 10 and he did pretty good at that
too, but then of course, girls and cars. The rest, as they say... :-)


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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:51:13 GMT, SHIVER ME TIMBERS
> > wrote:
>
>>> The OTHER Kevin in San Diego wrote:
>>
>>> I'd be afriad some of those stick-jockeys might want to date her - and
>>> we all know how pilots really are. hehehe
>>
>>Well as long as they don't want her to join the mile high club on
>>company time don't sweat it.
>
> lol.. Me and a co-worker were discussing that earlier today. We're
> both of the school of thought that unless you're doing the pilot,
> you're not a member. Then we figured we'd never be members 'cuz it's
> way too busy to even be thinking about sex in a helicopter.

I actually shuddered at the thought of "doing a pilot" for a second there
Kev. Being a mysoganist an' all:-)


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"Steve R." > wrote in message
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> "The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
> message ...
>>
>> As she's landing, she's verbalizing what I'd said on the 1st landing
>> and damned if she didn't set the thing down by herself!
>>
>> She can't flay accurately and can't even come close to hitting her
>> target when she lands, but she can be in the sim for an hour and not
>> "crash" a single time. granted it's nothing like the real thing, but
>> still it's impressive.
>>
>>
>
> Be careful, Kevin, you're liable to be working for her some day! :-)

It's funny you should say that Steve!!. Me and my son.. well....




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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 23:59:14 +0100, "Beav"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>> lol.. Me and a co-worker were discussing that earlier today. We're
>>> both of the school of thought that unless you're doing the pilot,
>>> you're not a member. Then we figured we'd never be members 'cuz it's
>>> way too busy to even be thinking about sex in a helicopter.
>>
>>I actually shuddered at the thought of "doing a pilot" for a second there
>>Kev. Being a mysoganist an' all:-)
>
> I'm pretty sure that wasn't an invitation there Beav... :)

<wipes forehead in relief>

Thank feck for that then :-))


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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 23:57:37 +0100, "Beav"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>One year when we were on holiday at our place in Sweden, my (then) 10 year
>>old son showed some interest in the RC heli's, so I connected him up to
>>the
>>transmitter (in a tray around his neck) gave him the "This stick does
>>this,
>>that stick does that" thing and took off with his hands covering the
>>sticks.
>>Then I told him to take over anf cuk me, he bloody well did. My missus was
>>totally dumbfounded when I waled away from him, leavinghim flying 2 grand
>>worth of gear. (UK money too, it's REAL money at 2'5 dollars to the pound
>>in
>>those days)
>
> Hey, it's STILL real money... 3 kids make every fargin' penny REAL
> money...

I try not to spend any these days, and I WAS getting pretty good at it, 'til
I saw this here motorcycle:-)
>
>>He flew in an absolutely perfect hover, landed, took off, flew up the
>>field,
>>turned it round and flew it nose in back to himself, then landed (yes, I
>>know, ********!! , but he did and I've still got the pics the misus took
>>on
>>display at home)
>
> Do share 'em.. I still can't hover nose-in worth a damn, even with
> hundreds of hours on RealFlight G2...

If they weren't glued to a large montage I would, but I'll try to get a
photo of the mntage and get it to you. I've no idea how to post things to
the web thingy. I used to "have a man who did" but I've not been in touch
with him for many a week.

>
>>He didn't fly again until he was 14, when I got him a heli for Christmas
>>that year and by the beginning of February he was flying inverted figure
>>eights and inverted nose in hovers were "nothing" to him, plus he was
>>already walking out to help guys who were struggling to cope with their
>>new
>>toys. He also flew a glider when he was 10 and he did pretty good at that
>>too, but then of course, girls and cars. The rest, as they say... :-)
>
> Thankfully, I'm about 5 years from girls and cars with my son.. Now
> my daughters.... I'm gonna need to get a new shovel and a bigger
> shotgun. :)

Check out the videos on www.compfused.com There's one on there called (I
think) "Shovel smack" or smething similar. Watch it with the volume turned
UP. If it doesn't make you jump, *I'LL* make you jump somehow:-)) Then show
it to any prospective beau that comes-a-callin'. That should keep 'em in
line.

Well for 5 minutes anyway:-))


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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 01:42:07 +0100, "Beav"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>If they weren't glued to a large montage I would, but I'll try to get a
>>photo of the mntage and get it to you. I've no idea how to post things to
>>the web thingy. I used to "have a man who did" but I've not been in touch
>>with him for many a week.
>
> Love to see 'em...

I'll see what I can do. It'll probably be a photo of the montage with as big
a lens as I can get on my digi cam.
>
>>>
>>>>He didn't fly again until he was 14, when I got him a heli for Christmas
>>>>that year and by the beginning of February he was flying inverted figure
>>>>eights and inverted nose in hovers were "nothing" to him, plus he was
>>>>already walking out to help guys who were struggling to cope with their
>>>>new
>>>>toys. He also flew a glider when he was 10 and he did pretty good at
>>>>that
>>>>too, but then of course, girls and cars. The rest, as they say... :-)
>>>
>>> Thankfully, I'm about 5 years from girls and cars with my son.. Now
>>> my daughters.... I'm gonna need to get a new shovel and a bigger
>>> shotgun. :)
>>
>>Check out the videos on www.compfused.com There's one on there called (I
>>think) "Shovel smack" or smething similar. Watch it with the volume turned
>>UP. If it doesn't make you jump, *I'LL* make you jump somehow:-)) Then
>>show
>>it to any prospective beau that comes-a-callin'. That should keep 'em in
>>line.
>
> It took some digging, but I found it 30-some pages deep... The sound
> is hilarious!

I want that for a screensaver:-))

>
> Check out the "Flying Low" video. Completely inept pilot or what???

Is that the guy who flies under a bridge inverted and then has to shove his
eyeballs through his canopy to clear the "obstacle" on the other side? If
so, I've seen it maybe what? 100 times :-)) Either a very good pilot or one
with unfeasably large testicles and a contrasting sized brain.




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> On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:49:57 +0100, "Beav"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>I'll see what I can do. It'll probably be a photo of the montage with as
>>big
>>a lens as I can get on my digi cam.
>
>>I want that for a screensaver:-))
>
> I went to bad with that "clang" ringing in my ears last night...
>
>>>
>>> Check out the "Flying Low" video. Completely inept pilot or what???
>>
>>Is that the guy who flies under a bridge inverted and then has to shove
>>his
>>eyeballs through his canopy to clear the "obstacle" on the other side? If
>>so, I've seen it maybe what? 100 times :-)) Either a very good pilot or
>>one
>>with unfeasably large testicles and a contrasting sized brain.
>
> Helicopter crash.. Pick up, lots of drift, poorly executed takeoff
> with some tree trimming by the mains, then the tail rotor then a
> folding of the tailboom and a rollover..

Ohhh, the guy who'd never had a lesson in a heli but thought he could fly
one. I know that one too:-) thankfully it was his own machine and no-one got
hurt.

Reminds me of the test pilot for Bell aircraft when Arthur Young built the
first of his heli's and the test pilot mentioned that he didn't see any
point in a seat belt. After he'd picked himself up off the floor some 20 ft
from the heli after being bounced out of the seat and then travelling along
the length of a blade, I reckon he had a re-think about THAT idea:)


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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 02:08:42 +0100, "Beav"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Ohhh, the guy who'd never had a lesson in a heli but thought he could fly
>>one. I know that one too:-) thankfully it was his own machine and no-one
>>got
>>hurt.
>
> Nope, not that one - but that guy is definitely in the top ten
> "Jackass" list..
>
>>Reminds me of the test pilot for Bell aircraft when Arthur Young built the
>>first of his heli's and the test pilot mentioned that he didn't see any
>>point in a seat belt. After he'd picked himself up off the floor some 20
>>ft
>>from the heli after being bounced out of the seat and then travelling
>>along
>>the length of a blade, I reckon he had a re-think about THAT idea:)
>
> Are you sure that wasn't the Bell exec who insisted he be able to give
> it a try? Just watched a show on Arthur Bell the other night..

Could have been and probably was, but it's been a long time since I saw the
video/show, so I claim my 5 dollars anyway:-)


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