Radio work Jay. First easy step, have him announce your taxi progress on
unicom. Work with him a little prior to getting in the plane. Next step,
initial call ups after freq changes while using flight following. Nothing
complicated, just report on the freq at what ever altitude. After that,
coach him on pattern announcements.

Just make sure your pilot workload allows you to monitor his verbiage and to
correct his mistakes while encouraging him.

Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:f7Jxe.126756$nG6.114762@attbi_s22...
Maybe it is the journey, not the destination.

Yeah, that's what I always thought. Unfortunately, it seems that one
man's
journey is another kid's penance. After 1500 hours in the back seats,
they're just not thrilled with another hour of droning over the Midwest.

You mentioned your son enjoys it sometimes when he gets to sit up front.
How about a Father son team or a Mother Daughter team up front. Weight
and
Balance permitting.

No problem with weight & balance in a Pathfinder. We have done this on
occasion, usually to good effect. I think we'll have to do it some more!

Give them something to do like find things on the chart.

Charts are kid stuff for Joe, and a big yawn to Becca. Gotta find
another
angle...
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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